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2. The county extension agent is not dumber; you're smarter
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1992-10
- Published:
- USA: Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, IA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 96 Document Number: C07737
- Journal Title:
- Successful Farming
- Journal Title Details:
- 90 (10) : 27
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3. The influence of rural leaders on agricultural development in Swaziland
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Chen, J.H. (author), Duvel, G.H. (author), and University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1992
- Published:
- Swaziland: Pretoria, South Africa : The South African Society for Agricultural Extension
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 91 Document Number: C06649
- Journal Title:
- South African Journal of Agricultural Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- 21 : 14-22
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection; See C06647 for original; Based on a thesis submitted to the University of Pretoria in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree M. Inst. Agrar., This study examines the influence of tribal leaders and front line extension workers on agricultural development in Swaziland. Based on a 12 percent stratified random sample including 23 chiefdomss, 46 tribal leaders and 23 front line extension workers were interviewed by using a structured interview schedule. In search of a valid measure of agricultural development, several indicators were used. The number of cattle per homestead, the saving status of homesteads and the subjective ratings by senior extension personnel were found to be invalid. Evaluated against an agricultural development index it was found that tribal leaders, although not as important as extension workers, were found to have a significant influence, especially as far as their involvement, inputs, credibility and their perceptions are concerned. These findings suggest that tribal leaders, if involved in a positive way, can contribute towards agricultural development, although more research is needed concerning, inter alia, valid criteria for measuring agricultural development and the analysis of the perceptions of subordinates (original).