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2. Farm women, farming systems, and agricultural structure : suggestions for scholarship
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Flora, Cornelia Butler (author / Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1981-11
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 85 Document Number: C05444
- Journal Title:
- Rural Sociologist
- Journal Title Details:
- 1 (6) : 383-386
3. Information activities of the international agricultural research centers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dutta, Subrata (author), Hwang, Teng Hui (author), Lawani, Stephen M. (author), Podesta, Carmen I. (author), Vergara, Lina M. (author), and Librarian, Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center, Shanhua, Taiwan, ROC; Head, Library and Documentation Services, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India; Head, Library and Documentation, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria; Chief Librarian, International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines; Librarian, Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center, Shanhua, Taiwan, ROC
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1981
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C03994
- Notes:
- In: Agricultural information to hasten development : Proceedings of the VIth World Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists, held at the Philippine International Convention Center, Manila, Philippines; 3-7 March 1980. Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines : Agricultural Libraries Association of the Philippines; Agricultural Information Bank of Asia, 1981. p. 123-125
4. Participatory approaches to agricultural research and development
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Foote Whyte, William (author / Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1981
- Published:
- USA: Rural Development Committee, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07957
- Journal Title:
- Rural Development Participation Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 3 (1) : 1-6
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, cited reference
5. Recurrent cost problems of agricultural research and extension in developing countries
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Oram, Peter A. (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1981
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07417
- Notes:
- INTERPAKS, Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 1981. (Paper prepared as working document no. 9 for the Workshop on Linkages Between Agricultural Research on Farmers in Developing Countries, 13th-14th May 1981, Paris, France, sponsored by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.) 41 p., Notes the distressing downward trend in developing countries, particularly in Latin America, in the number of scientists trained in agricultural research. Points out the urgency for the training of scientists particularly at the higher levels. Extension poses different problems as there is no comprehensive study of extension services in developing countries and the resources allocated to them. Suggests that a further comparative analysis and evaluation of the costs, returns, manpower, equipment and training requirements of alternative approaches and systems of transferring research results to farmers would be worthwhile. Concludes with a section on types of action that might be taken to economize on recurrent costs. Includes several tables in the annex such as research expenditures for 65 countries, 1975 and 1990; research and development expenditures as a percent of GNP and ratio of technicians to scientists and engineers; staffs and expenditures for agricultural research and extension systems in 36 low-income countries; regional education and training costs for research and extension services; and limitations on ability to finance recurrent expenditures.
6. Strengthening linkages between agricultural research and farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cummings, Ralph W., Jr. (author / Agricultural Economist, Rockefeller Foundation) and Agricultural Economist, Rockefeller Foundation
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1981
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 80 Document Number: C04616
- Notes:
- INTERPAKS, In: Workshop on Linkages Between Agricultural Research and Farmers in Developing Countries; 1981 May 13-14. New York, NY : Rockefeller Foundation, 1981. 25 p., Begins with an overview of the technology development process which includes 3 principal action agents: a) the research service, b) the extension service, and c) the farmers. Points out the significant influence the service institutions and government policies have on the process. Delineates some of the weaknesses seen in the effectiveness of the various types of agents and points out the key variables in the technology development process. Raises the issues that need resolution for better linkages between agricultural research systems and the farmer. Outlines some objectives to be pursued in accelerating agricultural development. Points out the information needed on agro-climatic conditions, social and cultural characteristics, institutional and infrastructural development programs. Presents strategies for technology development through discussion of the interrelated components of generation, assessment and diffusion. Discusses the role organizations play in the process and the need to identify alternative means of implementation. Concludes with a section on the implications for assistance from donor agencies.