Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29304
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Presented to the Midwest Sociological Society. 12 pages., "It is believed that this is the first time these five stages of diffusion (awareness, information, evaluation, trial and adoption) have been tested empirically." Involves use of 2,4-D herbicide for field weed control.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C27070
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Posted at http://www.scidev.net > indigenous knowledge, Via Science and Development Network. 3 pages., "More should be done to build bridges between formal scientific research and informal grassroots innovations."
USA: U.S.Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C1486
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ERS Foreign - 76, Development and Trade Analysis Division, Economic Research Service. 32 pages, Page 14 contains a discussion about the gap between knowledge and actual application on the farm. "It has been estimated, for example, that crop production per acre could increase one-fourth in the next five years on lands readily available, and primarily with methods now known and widely used." Cites USDA, Food and Agriculture: a Program for the 1960s, March 1962, in connection with that estimate.
