Buckwell, Allan (author), Moxey, Andrew (author), and Buckwell: Professor of Agricultural Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Wye College, University of London, UK.; Moxey: Center for European Agricultural Studies Research Scholar, Department of Agricultural Economics, Wye College, University of London, UK.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990-02
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 83 Document Number: C05158
Cites a Michigan State University study revealing that a small farm of less than 300 journal entries a year may be better off staying with a hand system of keeping records.
7 p., The increasing use of computers on the farm raises the question of whether these new skills will be valued in off-farm employment. Data suggests that computers are used predominantly for a single group of tasks that may not develop the "systems skills" that are becoming increasingly important in off-farm employment.
James F. Evans Collection; See C06647 for original, Avocado producer households were headed by reasonably well educated males, mainly in the productive age groups, two thirds of whom were in employment, with above average rural household incomes. The adoption of critical avocado growing cultural and management practices, as well as knowledge levels of avocado growing were considerably below optimum. There was inadequate contact with research based information sources. Suggestions are made for improving the producer knowledge base by improved communication and extension strategies reinforced by other institutional support (original).
