The objective of this document is to provide a point of departure for discussing, defining, and outlining the latter area of inquiry, namely, small farmer fertilizer purchasing behavior., Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, Questionnaire on development of small farmer fertilizer purchasing behavior. 20 pages., The concept of fertilizer purchasing behavior may be usefully defined as referring to those activities in which farmers engage as a means for effecting or facilitating the purchase of fertilizer.
Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, International Fertilizer Development Center, Muscle Shoals, Alabama. 7 pages., The use of the Guttman-type scale of community differentiation provides a means to measure the community environment which, although lying beyond the farm, nevertheless influences the farmer's decision making.