Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05240
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INTERPAKS, Mimeographed, 1977. Paper presented at the Symposium on Risk and Uncertainty in Decision Processes of Small Farmers in Less Developed Countries, San Diego, CA, July 31-August 3, 1977. 27 p., Describes research towards the generation of production technologies appropriate to the conditions of small farms. notes the conclusion drawn about the decision processes followed by small farmers with regard to what, how much and how to produce, soil preparation, seeding or planting, use of fertilizer, weed control, diseases and insect control, harvesting, and product handling. Despite efforts to transfer improved technologies, small farmers have been reluctant to adopt them, mainly because they perceive them to be inappropriate for their particular conditions and resources and because the element of risk is too strong.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05098
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Evans, cited reference; Includes Table of Contents, Summary and Conclusions only, Hyderabad, India : National Institute of Community Development, 1969. 61 p.
irrigation; sustainability, The inclusion of farmers in the decision-making process of management of irrigation systems is now accepted as necessary to increase productivity and income among the poor in the Third World. Hence, farmer participation is not simply a call for empowerment and mobilization of a hitherto powerless group, but, more fundamentally, a development strategy. The author evaluates the experience of participatory management in Sri Lanka and arrives at general conclusions, taking into account the size and complexity of the irrigation system, objectives, and capacity of agencies and farmers for participatory management as key aspects in a sustainable development strategy. (original)
