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    1. Agricultural technology transfer and value conflicts in developing nations : agricultural technology transfer and value conflicts in developing nations

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    McLaughlin, Martin M. (author / Senior Fellow, Overseas Development Council, Washington, D.C.) and Senior Fellow, Overseas Development Council, Washington, D.C.
    Format:
    Conference paper
    Publication Date:
    1978
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 34 Document Number: B03652
    Notes:
    James F. Evans Collection; Burton Swanson Collection, In: Proceedings of Special International Conference on Agricultural Technology for Developing Nations : farm mechanization alternatives for 1-10 hectare farms; 1978 may 23-24; University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. 1978.

    2. Bureaucratic constraints in technical assistance programs

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Cranse, Roger C. (author)
    Format:
    Magazine article
    Publication Date:
    1978
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 116 Document Number: C11791
    Journal Title:
    Focus: Technical Cooperation
    Journal Title Details:
    <3 : 12-17>
    Notes:
    Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Society for International Development

    4. Transfer of post-harvest technologies to small farmers

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Moran, Michael J. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1978
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05218
    Journal Title:
    Desarrollo Rural en las Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    10 : 143-152
    Notes:
    INTERPAKS, This paper is concerned with the transfer of post-harvest technologies to small farmers as part of the total rural development effort. Post-harvest systems needs to be tailored to the needs of the people it serves. Professional development technicians and politicians are now paying increased attention to small farmer problems, characterized as having limited access to productive services, technical assistance, income and political influence. The job of improving the welfare of small farmers through the transfer of technologies to reduce post-harvest losses is difficult; the small farmer is not usually a likely candidate to adopt innovations, assuming they are available and appropriate, since he cannot afford the inherent risk. Recent studies also suggest that low adoption rates are the result of the new technologies being appropriate for small farm situations and hence an alternative approach - that of adjusting production and distribution technology to the social and economic system of a given rural area - is gaining some acceptance. The problem of increasing income and food production, and improving nutritional levels on small farms, must be approached from a base of existing farm systems, in terms of applying appropriate, practical post-harvest technological innovations, In addition, an improved agricultural extension or technical assistance systems is considered essential for transferring the appropriate pos-harvest technologies to small farmers. Several step are suggested as a means to solving this problem, and a possible plan of action is outlined.