Located in a chronological file entitled "INTERPAKS - Newsletter" from the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., From the International Programs records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign., An invited reassessment by the author of a book, Hard Tomatoes and Hard Times, in which he faulted U.S. land grant universities for abandoning the original intended focus on serving small, low-resource farmers. Emphasized farmers' need for neutral, unbiased assessment of new, often very specialized, technologies. "...and at the same time they will need generalists who can assist in developing comprehensive, integrated farming systems that can depend on lessons learned decades ago as well as new knowledge."
Review of a paper, "The Tuki System," presented by Werner Dick on "Strategies for Agricultural Extension in the Third World," International Agricultural Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands, January 1984.
Hanne, Features a rural counseling service by Illinois Extension during a financially stressful period, emphasizing the mission to serve clientele in a responsive way, however rural needs change.
Summarizes Kenneth Kusterer, "Small farmer perspectives on development," a contract report to the U.S. Agency for International Development, February 1987. "Small farmers themselves…want first and foremost to escape being small farmers."
Summarizes remarks by James Beebe, "A farming systems approach as a tool in linking research and extension." Presentation to research and extension experts at Los Banos, Philippines, April 1986.
