Behr, Robert M. (author), Brown, Mark G. (author), Fairchild, Gary F. (author), Lee, Jonq-Ying (author), and Research Economist, Florida Department of Citrus; Adjunct Professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida; Economic Research Director, Florida Department of Citrus; Adjunct Professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida; Research Economist, Florida Department of Citrus; Adjunct Professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida; Professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1991-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 89 Document Number: C06163
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection; See C06148 for original, In: Nichols, John P.; Kinnucan, Henry W.; and Ackerman, Karen Z., eds. Economic effects of generic promotion programs for agricultural exports : papers presented at a symposium on evaluating economic effects of generic promotion programs for agricultural exports; 1990 February 22-23; Washington, D.C. College Station, TX : Agricultural and Food Policy Center, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, 1991. p. 146-157
AGRICOLA IND 92020546, Effective delivery methods are important to the impact of Extension programs. The effectiveness of delivering Extension programs can be increased by matching the information channels used by Extension to those preferred by segments of the clientele. This study explores the preference patterns of clientele for obtaining information. The influence of selected individual and structural characteristics on those patterns also is examined. Data from a mail survey (using the Total Design Method, or TDM) of small farm operators from six countries in Florida indicate that preference patterns vary. The analysis, using confirmatory factor analysis, verified the presence of a lower cost preference pattern and two higher cost patterns, on focused on individual consultation and the other on group educational activities. Regression analysis also was used to determine the influence of selected individual level and structural level characteristics on the emergence of different preference patterns. These results can be used as a guide to maximize contact in delivering information to various segments of Extension audiences. (original)
