Klein, K.K. (author), Kramer, F. (author), and Klein: Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Lethbridge; Kramer: Research Economist, Telecommunications Canada, Hull, Quebec, Canada
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990-11
Published:
USA: New York : John Wiley & Sons
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 89 Document Number: C06222
Godwin, Deborah D. (author), Marlowe, Julia (author), and Department of Housing and Consumer Economics and Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; Department of Housing and Consumer Economics and Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 85 Document Number: C05437
Johnson, S.R. (author), Skold, Karl D. (author), and Skold: Postdoctoral research associate, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, IA; Johnson: Professor of economics and Director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development,
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1990-02
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 80 Document Number: C04707
Notes:
CARD, Ames, IA : Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, 1990. 35 p. (Working paper 90-WP 51)
Kuchler, Fred (author), Larson, Bruce A. (author), and Resources and Technology Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Resources and Technology Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990
Published:
USA: Columbus, OH : Ohio State University
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05205
Economic simulation studies of the effects of bovine growth hormone (bGH) on the dairy industry usually assume that producers will have the incentive to adopt bGH and that aggregate milk supply will increase. Based on the description of per-cow milk yield response to bovine growth hormone (bGH), a short-run model of milk production is developed to analyze the farm-level incentives to adopt bGH. This analysis emphasizes that the incentives to adopt a new technology greatly depend on how it alters the existing production environment. Because higher levels of energy are needed in the cow to attain greater levels of production made possible with bGH, those farmers who can most easily and inexpensively expand energy levels in the cow will be most likely to adopt. The model identifies: (1) why farmers may not have the incentive to adopt the new technology; and (2) if farmers adopt bGH, they may not have the economic incentive to produce at the levels obtained in test studies.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07787
Notes:
cited reference, The Hague: International Service for National Agricultural Research, October 1990. 10 p. (ISNAR Linkages Discussion Paper No. 8)., This paper focuses on the links between rice research and extension in the Matara District of Sri Lanka. Various formal linkage mechanisms were set up when the training and visit system of extension was implemented nationwide, including regional technical working groups, research-extension dialogues, bi-weekly training, and the use of subject-matter officers as liaison between research and extension. These mechanisms improved the links but could not overcome the poor communication and great social distance between researchers and extension workers. After World Bank project funding ended, the mechanisms could not be fully sustained. (original)
