AGRICOLA AGE 86926762, Extract: This paper describes four agribusiness simulators which can be processed on a microcomputer for use in undergraduate and extension teaching. The simulators model the environment in which supermarket chains, farm supply centers, and cooperative and proprietary grain elevators compete for business. Instruction manuals, user's manuals, and a diskette are distributed for each simulator. Each diskette contains programs to enter and print reports, and to create graphs of team performance. The simulators can be used to teach financial management concepts and techniques, as well as economic principles.
daCosta, Richard C. (author), Shaw, Anthony B. (author), and Shaw: Department of Geography, Brock University; daCosta: School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985-03
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 83 Document Number: C05122
AGRICOLA AGE 85925741, Extract: This study examined returns to scale for three categories of rice farms in a region of Guyana where there have been differential rates of technology adoption. It identified the various factors which affected rice production and assessed their relative importance on output. Production functions have been used in analyzing problems of resource allocation in peasant agriculture. These enable a comparison of relative performance of farmers, between farm types, and between geographical areas.
Ellis, John R. (author), Lacewell, Ronald D. (author), Reneau, Duane R. (author), and Ellis: Research associate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A & M University, TX; Lacewell: Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A & M University, TX; Reneau: Assistant professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, University of Arkansas, AR
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 83 Document Number: C05123
Taylor, Daniel B. (author), Young, Douglas L. (author), and Taylor: Assistant professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA.; Young: Associate professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985-07
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05167
AGRICOLA AGE 85926239, Extract: The complementary interaction between topsoil depth and technical progress for winter wheat in the Palouse region was found to strengthen the long run payoff to conservation tillage. Nonetheless, conservation tillage was found to be competitive with conventional tillage only if its current yields disadvantages were eliminated. Conservation tillage was relatively more competitive on shallower topsoils and for longer planning horizons. Short-term subsidies coupled with research directed towards reducing the cost and yield disadvantages of conservation tillage in the Palouse were advocated to maintain long-term soil productivity.
Pearson, Dave (author), Weber, Jeff (author), Young, Douglas (author), and Associate Professors, Department of Agricultural Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985-12
Published:
USA: Urbana, IL : National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05209
Cox, Graham (author), Lowe, Philip (author), Winter, Michael (author), and Cox, Winter: University of Bath, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bath, UK; Lowe: Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College London, London, UK
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
USA: Elmsford, NY : Pergamon.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05210
Kher, A. O. (author), Vasoya, B. P. (author), and Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Campus, Gujarat Agricultural University, Junagadh, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
India: Ahmedabad, India : The University.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05213
McCarthy, David A. (author), Williams, David L. (author), and Williams: Department Chairperson, Agricultural Education, Iowa State University; McCarthy: Discipline Leader, Mechanized Agriculture, University of Minnesota, Waseca, MN
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
USA: [Columbus, OH : Ohio State University, Department of Agricultural Education.]
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05216
Chiang, Katherine S. (author), Curtis, Howard (author), Demas, Samuel (author), Ochs, Mary A. (author), and Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Format:
Journal article
Language:
English with French / Spanish summary
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
International: Wageningen, Netherlands : The Association.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05224
Full Title: Government information and private information services : competitors or colleagues from the viewpoint of the Association of Dutch Horticulture Study Groups = Overheids- en particuliere voorlichting : concurrenten of collega's, gezien vanuit de Vereniging van Nederlandse Tuinbouwstudiegroepen.
Korsching, Peter F. (author), Nowak, Peter J. (author), and Nowak: Associate Professor, Agricultural Extension Service, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN; Korsching: Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985-03
Published:
USA: Ankeny, IA : Soil Conservation Society of America.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05250
AGRICOLA AGE 85925870, Extract: The thesis of this paper is that adaptive ability is unimportant when the processes generating the variables, which farmers take as exogenous, are stationary and unaltered. However, when these processes undergo structural change, adaptive ability is expected to affect the quality of production, marketing, and investment decisions. Farmers who have superior adaptive skills are expected on average to make better decisions. Furthermore, given the highly competitive nature of U.S. agriculture, successfully adapting to structural change is selective. Farmers possessing poor adaptive skill can be expected to comprise a relatively large share of the persons forced by economic circumstances to seek alternative employment or retirement, provided governmental intervention does not neutralize this selection process.
AGRICOLA AGE 85925869, Extract: The present paper consider both knowledge diffusion and adoption, assuming that a relevant and viable new technology is available. The focus is on the rationale for and scope of public sector involvement in these processes. Such involvement includes publicly sponsored information dissemination, intervention in output and input markets, intervention in the credit market, and investment in infrastructure. These issues are discussed below.
Dalrymple, Dana G. (author / Agricultural economistand senior research advisor, CGIAR Staff, Office of Agriculture, Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05308
Holt, J.E. (author), Schoorl, D. (author), and Holt: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Schoorl: Redlands Horticultural Research Station, Ormiston, Queensland, Australia
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05310
Okuneye, P.A. (author / Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Ibadan, Nigeria) and Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Ibadan, Nigeria
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05311
Fewster, Jean W. (author), Kuhonta, Cleofe M. (author), and Fewster: Human Resources, Institutions and Agrarian Reform Division, The Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, Rome, Italy; Kuhonta: Communication specialist, Rome, Italy
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05312
AGRICOLA FNI 85008260, Extract: Communicating more effectively with rural women in developing countries can help accelerate the acceptance of change. These women are and have been deprived of the information they need for problem-solving and for evaluating options before making decisions. They need information that responds to their multiple roles as parents, partners, and food producers. They need networks to link them with other women. A model of the communication process is presented, showing the variables that interact and influence communication. Attention is directed to the need to identify and differentiate audience groups, to provide information that is situationally relevant and easy to comprehend, and to use an appropriate combination of interpersonal, group and mass communication. Integrating a communication component into programs and projects is recommended. (author).
Nellis, John R. (author), Young, Frank W. (author), and Young: Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Nellis: Public Sector Management Unit, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05314
Babu, I. Reddi (author), Satyanarayana, Ch. (author), and Department of Extension Education, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, India; Department of Extension Education, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05315
China, Richard A. (author), Langmead, P. (author), and China: Agricultural extension and training specialist, AGTECS; Langmead: Media and rural communications speicalist, AGTECS
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985-09
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05317
Just, Richard E. (author), Zilberman, David (author), and Just: Professor of agricultural and resource economics, University of California, Berkeley, CA; Zilberman: Associate professor of agricultural and resource economics, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05318
AGRICOLA AGE 85925871, Extract: This paper draws on some recent rigorous results to illuminate the distributional consequences of agricultural policy. The paper begins by discussing the important characteristics of the agricultural sector that must play a role in a minimally realistic model of distributional effects. Heterogeneity gives rise to different regimes of behavior among farmers. These regimes are used to illustrate the equity effects of agricultural policy.
Carr, Marilyn (author / Development economist, Intermediate Technology Development Group, London, UK)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 85 Document Number: C05472
Notes:
Reisner, In: Ahmed, Iftikhar, ed. Technology and rural women : conceptual and empirical issues. London, UK : George Allen & Unwin, 1985. p. 115-151
Ahmad, Iftikhar, ed. (author / Technology and Employment Programme, International Labour Office)
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 86 Document Number: C05613
Notes:
Includes Table of Contents, Preface, Introduction, and Conclusion only, London, UK : George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1985. 383 p. (World Employment Programme)
Branson, Floyd F., Jr. (author), Davis, Shirley M. (author), and Branson: Assistant Director, Personnel and Training, Indiana Cooperative Extension Service, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; Davis: Director, Division of Independent Study, Continuing Education Administration, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 86 Document Number: C05713
Fedale, Scott V. (author / Associate Agricultural Editor - TV/Video/AV, Agricultural Communications Center, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 86 Document Number: C05735
Notes:
Paper presented at the 1985 Summer Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers; 1985 June 23 - 26; Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; AGRICOLA IND 86026420, St. Joseph, MI : The American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1985. 11 p. (American Society of Agricultural Engineers Microfiche Collection. Paper no. 85-5015), A new information delivery system, interactive video, has the potential to radically change the structure of traditional Cooperative Extension Service information delivery. This system offers user control of information presentation, access to more information in less time, reduced storage space and a multi-media information delivery capability
Jones, Don D. (author), Nay, Earle (author), Parsons, Samual D. (author), and Nay: System Manager, Agricultural Data Network; Jones: Associate Professor, Purdue University; Parsons: Extension Agricultural Engineer, Purdue University
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 86 Document Number: C05736
Notes:
Paper presented at the 1985 Summer Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers; 1985 June 23 - 26; Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, St. Joseph, MI : The American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1985. 23 p. (American Society of Agricultural Engineers Microfiche Collection. Paper no. 85-5018), FACTS is a distributed computer network serving the Indiana Cooperative Extension Service. Many application programs have been developed for the system, in addition to electronic mail features. The concepts, hardware, and software used to implement the FACTS network are presented. regional audience requires good organization, cooperative authors, broadcast quality equipment and experienced technical assistants. Four segments,
Magette, William L. (author), Smith, Gary L. (author), and Magette: Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering, The University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Smith: Extension Agricultural Engineer, Department of Agricultural Engineering, The University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 86 Document Number: C05737
Notes:
Paper presented at the 1985 Summer Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers; 1985 June 23 - 26; Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, St. Joseph, MI : The American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1985. 7 p. (American Society of Agricultural Engineers Microfiche Collection. Paper no. 85-5016), The Maryland Cooperative Extension Service established the computer-based Extension Service Telecommunications system (ESTEL) as an additional way to disseminate information to clientele. This videotext system can transmit a variety of information quickly, efficiently, and inexpensively. In this paper, the use of ESTEL (and similar systems) for delivering educational material is explored. Extension Service. Many application programs have been developed for the system, in addition to electronic mail features. The concepts, hardware, and software used to implement the FACTS network are presented.
Priddy, K. T. (author), Weckman, R. D. (author), and College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 86 Document Number: C05739
Notes:
Paper presented at the 1985 Summer Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers; 1985 June 23 - 26; Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, St. Joseph, MI : The American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1985. 9 p. (American Society of Agricultural Engineers Microfiche Collection. Paper no. 85-5017), The University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture and the Kentucky Educational Television System introduced an information service called AgText" to farmers and their families in February 1984. The experience of managing this system and viewer reactions are described in the paper.
Rickson, R.E. (author / School of Australian Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Nathan, (Brisbane), Queensland, Australia)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 86 Document Number: C05742
Notes:
INTERPAKS Collection, In: Smallholder rubber production and policies : proceedings of an international workshop held at the University of Adelaide, South Australia, 18-20 February 1985. Canberra, Australia : australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 1985. p. 22-29
Chamala, Shankariah (author / Department of Agriculture, University of Queensland, St. Lucia (Brisbane), Queensland, Australia)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 86 Document Number: C05743
Notes:
; See C05642 for original, INTERPAKS Collection, In: Smallholder rubber production and policies : proceedings of an international workshop held at the University of Adelaide, South Australia, 18-20 February 1985. Canberra, Australia : australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 1985. p. 30-34
Lindner, R. (author / Department of Economics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 86 Document Number: C05744
Notes:
; See C05642 for original, INTERPAKS Collection, In: Smallholder rubber production and policies : proceedings of an international workshop held at the University of Adelaide, South Australia, 18-20 February 1985. Canberra, Australia : australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 1985. p. 35-38
Pushparajah, E. (author / Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 86 Document Number: C05745
Notes:
; See C05642 for original, INTERPAKS Collection, In: Smallholder rubber production and policies : proceedings of an international workshop held at the University of Adelaide, South Australia, 18-20 February 1985. Canberra, Australia : australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 1985. p. 67-72
Kobat, Raja Shah (author), Shah, Raja Badrul (author), Tugiman, Samsudin bin (author), and Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 86 Document Number: C05746
Notes:
; See C05642 for original, INTERPAKS Collection, In: Smallholder rubber production and policies : proceedings of an international workshop held at the University of Adelaide, South Australia, 18-20 February 1985. Canberra, Australia : australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 1985. p. 86-92
Ali, Syed Barkat (author / Extension Division, Rubber Industry Smallholder Development Authority, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 86 Document Number: C05747
Notes:
; See C05642 for original, INTERPAKS Collection, In: Smallholder rubber production and policies : proceedings of an international workshop held at the University of Adelaide, South Australia, 18-20 February 1985. Canberra, Australia : australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 1985. p. 93-95
Gaultney, Larry D. (author / Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 87 Document Number: C05759
Notes:
Paper presented at the 1985 Summer meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers; 1985 June 23-26; Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, St. Joseph, MI : American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1985. 11 p. (Microfiche No. 85-5033), The area of expert systems, a branch of artificial intelligence, is one of the latest computer-based problem solving techniques which is gaining acceptance in agricultural decision-making. Problems which were here-to-fore unsolvable by formal, structured, algorithmic computer programs can be solved using the heuristic and symbolic knowledge incorporated in an expert system. A good expert system can make decisions or give advice equivalent to those of a human expert in a specific area of expertise.
Jones, Don D. (author), Strickland, R. Mack (author), Thieme, Ronald H. (author), Yahner, Joseph E. (author), and Agronomy Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 87 Document Number: C05760
Notes:
Paper presented at the 1985 Summer meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers; 1985 June 23-26; Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, St. Joseph, MI : American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1985. 7 p. (Microfiche No. 85-5032), The software and methods used to develop an interactive computer tutorial to teach basic soil properties to septic system installers and county health officials is discussed. The completed tutorial was shown to be at least as effective in teaching soil properties as a conventional reading lecture method.
Hetzel, Glen H. (author), Weaver, Michael J. (author), and Hetzel: Agricultural Engineering Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; Weaver: Chemical, Drug, and Pesticide, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 87 Document Number: C05761
Notes:
Paper presented at the 1985 Summer meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers; 1985 June 23-26; Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, St. Joseph, MI : American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1985. 6 p. (Microfiche No. 85-85-5021), Microcomputers can be linked to other microcomputers or to mainframe computers to facilitate transfer of information from either direction. Such networking can speed transfer of data or programs, allow remote use of computers for extension work and result in reduced costs.
