Obeng-Quaidoo, Isaac (author / School of Communication Studies, University of Ghana, Legon) and School of Communication Studies, University of Ghana, Legon
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
Netherlands
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03047
Theodore Hutchcroft Collection, This paper examines the problems and prospects of the development and application of communication infrastructures and products in order to achieve cultural synchronization. It discusses the subject from the perspectives of an emerging discipline, and against the background of ethnic and cultural conflicts in various regions of the world. It gives specific examples of the uses and applications of new communication and information technologies elsewhere in the world, and points out the tasks confronting African governments and the private sector. (original)
Manheim, Jarol B. (author), Pratt, Comelius B. (author), and Pratt: Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; Manheim: Professor of Political Science and Communication and Director of the Political Communications Program, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
USA: New York : Oxford University Press.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 85 Document Number: C05555
Ekpere, Johnson A. (author), Igodan, Chris O. (author), Ohaji, Patrick E. (author), and Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03027
Low, Allan (author / CIMMYT, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
UK: Elsevier Applied Science Publishers
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C06486
A farm-household economics approach is used to illuminate Mellor's labour constraint/rapid urbanization problem in the Southern African context. It is viewed as a rational decision by rural households to combine the benefits of indigenous land-use arrangements with the advantages of non-farm wage employment. The implications of this analysis for the design of technology consistent with the objectives and constraints of farm households are then discussed in relation to some general experiences in Southern Africa. (original)
Zinyama, L.M. (author / Department of Geography, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe) and Department of Geography, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03028
AGRICOLA IND 89035615, We explore the relationship between adoption of farm technology and labor availability in Africa. We use a case study of the introduction of a high-yielding variety of maize in an area of Zambia to examine the different aspects of the relationship between adoption and labor availability/mobilization. The research is based on an intensive 15-month study of 23 maize farmers, survey data from 240 of their farm workers, and data collected from an ongoing integrated rural development project. The data illustrate that the shift to hybrid maize requires additional labor. farmers' inability to mobilize additional labor results in partial adoption and various compromises in the performance of recommended practices. The labor survey reveals that despite farmers' preferences for hiring older workers and female labor, children are extensively employed because of their availability. We conclude by illustrating the need for adoption research that takes the broader farming environment into account.
Cooney, Sean (author), Cunada, D.S. (author), Harris, S.C. (author), Kaiyare, D.N. (author), Lumande, E. (author), Mbwana, S.S. (author), Thompson, P. (author), and Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03067
James F. Evans Collection; Paper presented at the VII International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists World Congress; 1985 June; Ottawa, Canada
Carey, Harry A., Jr. (author / Professor of Agriculture and Extension Education, Pennsylvania State University) and Professor of Agriculture and Extension Education, Pennsylvania State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03040
