INTERPAKS, Reviews how the agricultural extension agent has dealt with the process of technology transfer and the categories of farmers affected by the diffusion process. Discusses CIMMYT's model of grouping rural populations into homogenous target categories to develop appropriate technologies and the influence it has had on the process of technology development. Points out that strategies intended to assist small farmers depend as much on the creation of appropriate opportunities as on the creation of appropriate technologies.
International: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), University of Illinois, Urbana, and Office of International Programs, Colorado State University, Fort Collins.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes6 Document Number: C12537
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Pages 39-41 in J.B. Claar and L.H. Watts (eds.), Knowledge transfer in developing countries: status, constraints, outlook. Proceedings of a conference on international extension at Steamboat Springs, Colorado, during July 1983. 59 p.
Amalraj, V.A. (author), Prasad, M.S. (author), and Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, India; Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1984-06
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 98 Document Number: C08096
