private sector, INTERPAKS, A common strategy for agricultural and rural development in the third world is the operation of a government-run agricultural extension service devoted to augmenting small holder productivity. Numerous evaluations of such services, however, have concluded that they are ineffective. This paper examines an alternative strategy -- the provision of agricultural extension services by capitalist enterprise. It presents a case study of the privatization of extension services in Papua New Guinea and discusses the implications. This paper concludes that private agencies have the ability to boost agricultural production, but are unlikely to achieve broader objectives of contemporary rural development.
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Phase II, In: Cusack, D.F., ed. Agroclimate information for development : reviving the green revolution. Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 1983. p. 330-336, Discusses the flexible, humanistic management systems necessary for successful transfer and adoption of technology. Emphasizes the problem of motivating small farmers to interact rationally in the transfer process. Describes the managerial styles of transfer agencies and then expounds on the organization development technique designed to change the beliefs, attitudes, values, and structure of organizations so they can adapt to new challenge.