Melkote, Srinivas R. (author / Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-TV-Film, School of Mass Communication, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
USA: Macomb, IL : Western Illinois University.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 85 Document Number: C05538
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C06931
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AGRICOLA CAT 91951469; Sequel to Agro-mechanical diffusion in a backward region; Table of Contents only, Ahmedabad, India : Gujarat Institute of Area Planning, 1988. 223 p. (Sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research)
Lynne, Gary D. (author), Rola, Leandro R. (author), Shonkwiler, J.S. (author), and Lynne, Shonkwiler: Associate Professors, Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, FL; Rola: Director, Agricultural Credit and Cooperatives Institute, University of Philippines, Los Banos, Philippines
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988-02
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05380
Putler, Daniel S. (author), Zilberman, David (author), and Putler: Agricultural economist, Commodity Economics Division, Economic Research Service, USDA; Zilberman: Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988-11
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05377
AGRICOLA IND 89001696, Logit analysis using data from a survey of Tulare County, California, farmers is used to examine computer and application ownership patterns in agriculture. The analysis indicates that the size of the farming operation, education level, age level, and the ownership of a farm-related nonfarming business significantly influence the probability of computer ownership; however, the type of farm products used on the farm does not. The type of application software owned is influenced primarily by the type of farm products produced, the size of the farming operation, ownership of a farm-related business, and the education level of the farmer.
Farrington, John (author / Overseas Development Institute, Regent's College, London, UK) and Overseas Development Institute, Regent's College, London, UK
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988-07
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 83 Document Number: C05140
Goreham, Gary A. (author), Leistritz, F. Larry (author), Rathge, Richard W. (author), and Departments of Sociology and Agricultural Economics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND; Departments of Sociology and Agricultural Economics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND; Departments of Sociology and Agricultural Economics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 83 Document Number: C05135
AGRICOLA IND 89001627, We compared the socioeconomic characteristics of a generalizable sample of displaced farm households in North Dakota with a random sample of producers who were currently operating their farming enterprises. We hypothesized that the displaced farmers would differ significantly from their currently operating counterparts in (1) the structural conditions of their operations and (2) their personal characteristics. Our hypotheses were guided by the changing structure of the agriculture literature and the adoption-diffusion literature. We obtained our data from lists of farmers who were displaced between 1981 and 1985 for financial reasons (N = 169) and from a panel of active farmers (N = 759) initially surveyed in 1985. We found that farmers displaced between 1981 and 1985 did not operate enterprises significantly different from those currently in business. Our analysis of the personal characteristics of operators revealed statistically significant differences, but these differences had limited explanatory power. We concluded that researchers should shift their attention to macrolevel variables to characterize displaced farmers.
AGRICOLA IND 89035615, We explore the relationship between adoption of farm technology and labor availability in Africa. We use a case study of the introduction of a high-yielding variety of maize in an area of Zambia to examine the different aspects of the relationship between adoption and labor availability/mobilization. The research is based on an intensive 15-month study of 23 maize farmers, survey data from 240 of their farm workers, and data collected from an ongoing integrated rural development project. The data illustrate that the shift to hybrid maize requires additional labor. farmers' inability to mobilize additional labor results in partial adoption and various compromises in the performance of recommended practices. The labor survey reveals that despite farmers' preferences for hiring older workers and female labor, children are extensively employed because of their availability. We conclude by illustrating the need for adoption research that takes the broader farming environment into account.
Bottrall, A. (author), Farrington, J. (author), Maurya, D.M. (author), and Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology, Narendra Nagar, Kumarganj, Faizabad, India; Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology, Narendra Nagar, Kumarganj, Faizabad, India; Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology, Narendra Nagar, Kumarganj, Faizabad, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988-07
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 83 Document Number: C05145
France: Montpellier, France : Recherche Developpement for the Departement Systemes Agraires, Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement (CIRAD).
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 85 Document Number: C05565
France: Montpellier, France : Recherche Developpement for the Departement Systemes Agraires, Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement (CIRAD).
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 85 Document Number: C05549
