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2. International transfer of agricultural technology
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hillman, Jimmye E. (author) and Monke, Eric A. (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1983
- Published:
- United Kingdom
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07429
- Notes:
- INTERPAKS, In: A. Maunder and K. Ohkawa, eds. Growth and equity in agricultural development : Proceedings of the 18th annual international conference of agricultural economists. Aldershot, Hampshire, UK: Gower, 1983. p. 519-528., Reviews the substantial literature on agricultural technology transfer, with a focus on the key economic and institutional constraints which account for the stagnation of agricultural technology in developing nations. The failure of local institutions to develop new technologies has forced a reliance on international sources of both the private and public type. Profit constraints and differences in resource scarcity provide fundamental economic barriers to the development of new technology by foreign private interests. Another difficulty arises because international centers depend primarily on developed countries for investment funds. Since the developed countries see little direct benefit from these investments, high rates of return from successful research do not guarantee increases in financial support. These circumstances imply that the future development of efficient new technologies is likely to require the investment of additional resources at the local level.
3. Some aspects of technology transfer on farming systems
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Warboys, I. B. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1983
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07424
- Journal Title:
- International Journal for Development Technology
- Journal Title Details:
- 1 : 59-69
- Notes:
- INTERPAKS, Examines some examples of technology unsuited to farming systems in the less developed countries. Examples include the introduction of tractors in East Africa and certain aspects of mechanizing rice production in Asia. Examples are also given of some promising developments of indigenous technology in Asia and West Africa. Attention is also drawn to some of the undesirable effects of both national and international policies on mechanization transfer, especially when it is linked to foreign aid. Notes that institutional barriers, arising from existing structures for aid, trade and education, can impede the development and spread of more appropriate technologies in the less developed countries. Indicates that appropriate technology for a given situation, whether imported or locally developed, can be considered to be a particular form of technology which is in harmony with the prevailing socioeconomic conditions and management expertise. Emphasizes that machine compatibility with its working environment is just as important as its function. Indicates that this will require a new approach to training and education of engineers and technologists in the less developed countries, and that such experts will play a greater role in the planning and execution of schemes using mechanization.
4. Technology development, transfer, and feedback systems in agriculture: an operational systems analysis
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Swanson, Burton E. (author) and Claar, John B. (author)
- Format:
- Proposal
- Publication Date:
- 1983
- Published:
- USA: International Program for Agricultural Knowledge Systems (INTERPAKS), College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D11187
- Notes:
- This project proposal is located in the "INTERPAKS - Technology Development Project" file, which is maintained in the International Projects section of the Agricultural Communications Program records, College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Contact ACDC for assistance in access., 70 pages., Proposal submitted to the U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C., resulting in a five-year $1.7 million project. Work initiated March 1, 1984.
5. Transferring food production technology to developing nations
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Clonts, H.A. (author) and Molnar, J.J. (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 1983
- Published:
- International: Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C17144
- Notes:
- 175 pages.
6. What do we know about African agricultural development: The role of extension performance reanalyzed
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Moris, J.R. (author)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1983
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 51 Document Number: C00555
- Notes:
- AgComm Teaching, Paper prepared for the Bureau of Science and Technology, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1983, 21p.