Jha, P.N. (author), Shatawat, G.S. (author), and Department of Extension Education, University of Udaipur, India; Department of Extension Education, University of Udaipur, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1972-03
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05338
14 pages, via Online Journal, The aim of this article is to show the relevance of the sociology of market agencements (an offshoot of actor–network theory) for studying the creation of alternative agri-food networks. The authors start with their finding that most research into alternative agri-food networks takes a strictly informative, cursory look at the conditions under which these networks are gradually created. They then explain how the sociology of market agencements analyzes the construction of innovative markets and how it can be used in agri-food studies. The relevance of this theoretical frame is shown based on an experiment aimed at creating a local trade scheme between manure from livestock farms and alfalfa grown by grain farmers. By using the concepts of the sociology of market agencements, the authors reveal the operations that are required to create an alternative agri-food network and underscore the difficulties that attend each one of these operations. This enables them to see the phenomena of lock-ins and sociotechnical transition in a new light.
Tracks hybrid corn breeding efforts at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station from about 1919. Emphasizes rapid adoption of hybrids by Ohio farmers during the 1930s.
Singh, R. (author), Sohal, T.S. (author), and Department of Extension, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India; Department of Extension, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1966
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05344
