INTERPAKS, Offers an analysis of the conventional literature on adoption practices and adoptive categories. Examines the theoretical basis, and the empirical validity of adoption categories, as well as the extension worker's reliance on adoption categories for the dissemination of information in development activities and in research. Observation has led to the conclusion that adopter categories which can be empirically identified have been erroneously used in practice while the theory on which they are based is questionable. Draws attention to some of the dysfunctional effects of this largest grouping and the trickle down strategy used in extension for rural development. The analysis calls for a different approach to the categorization of the farming community. The main aim is to start with the people and then categorize the social system according to some important variables which will result in a homogeneous target group being isolated for specific extension activities.
Madalia, V.K. (author), Patel, Y.A.S. (author), and Department of Rural Studies, South Gujarat University, Surat, India; Department of Rural Studies, South Gujarat University, Surat, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1975-08-16
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05050
Choudhary, Kalyan Mal (author), Maharaja, Madhukar (author), and Agro-Economic Research Centre for the States of Gujarat and Rajasthan; Agro-Economic Research Centre for the States of Gujarat and Rajasthan
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1966
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05156
