Cernea, Michael M. (author), Coulter, John K. (author), Russell, J.F.A. (author), and The World Bank; The World Bank; The World Bank
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 62 Document Number: C02056
Notes:
INTERPAKS, In: Cernea, M.M., Coulter, J.K., and Russell, J.F., eds. Research-extension-farmer : a two-way continuum for agricultural development, proceedings of a World Bank and UNDP Symposium held in Denpasar, Indonesia, March 1984. Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 1985. p. 3-10, A recurrent theme of most discussions on agricultural research and extension is that the linkages between these two vital parts of the agricultural support services are often weak or nonexistent. This paper briefly discusses the main causes of the weak links between extension and research, the choices confronting policy makers in deciding on investments for research and extension, the overriding need for responding to the production problems of the farmers, and the neglect and importance of the social science perspective in developing the research-extension-farm continuum.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07347
Notes:
Evans, see C07346-C07352, In: Cernea, M.M., J.K. Coulter, and J.F.A. Russell (eds.) Research, extension, farmer : a two-way continuum for agricultural development. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 1985. p. 23-27
Hussey, G.A. (author / The Pennsylvania State University, Northeast Computer Institute) and The Pennsylvania State University, Northeast Computer Institute
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 62 Document Number: C02119
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection; Ovid Bay Collection; Four copies, Washington, D.C. : USDA, 1985. 31 p. (Electronic Technology Task Force Report)
AGRICOLA AGE 85925870, Extract: The thesis of this paper is that adaptive ability is unimportant when the processes generating the variables, which farmers take as exogenous, are stationary and unaltered. However, when these processes undergo structural change, adaptive ability is expected to affect the quality of production, marketing, and investment decisions. Farmers who have superior adaptive skills are expected on average to make better decisions. Furthermore, given the highly competitive nature of U.S. agriculture, successfully adapting to structural change is selective. Farmers possessing poor adaptive skill can be expected to comprise a relatively large share of the persons forced by economic circumstances to seek alternative employment or retirement, provided governmental intervention does not neutralize this selection process.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07349
Notes:
Evans, see C07346-C07352, In: Cernea, M.M., J.K. Coulter, and J.F.A. Russell (eds.) Research, extension, farmer : a two-way continuum for agricultural development. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 1985. p. 34-41
Cox, Graham (author), Lowe, Philip (author), Winter, Michael (author), and Cox, Winter: University of Bath, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bath, UK; Lowe: Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College London, London, UK
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
USA: Elmsford, NY : Pergamon.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05210
Baxter, Michael (author) and Thalwitz, Willfried (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07350
Notes:
Evans, see C07346-C07352, In: Cernea, M.M., J.K. Coulter, and J.F.A. Russell (eds.) Research, extension, farmer : a two-way continuum for agricultural development. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 1985. p. 42-48
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07346
Notes:
Evans, see C07347-C07352, In: Cernea, M.M., J.K. Coulter, and J.F.A. Russell (eds.) Research, extension, farmer : a two-way continuum for agricultural development. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 1985. p. 13-22
