Amunugama, Sarath (author), Jayaweera, Neville (author), and Jayaweera: Director, Research and Planning, World Association for Christian Communication; Amunugama: Associate Secretary-General, Worldview International Foundation, Sri Lanka
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
1987
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 73 Document Number: C03559
Notes:
Contains Table of Contents, Preface, and Introduction only; James F. Evans Collection, Singapore : The Asian Mass Communication, Research and Information Centre, 1987. 266 p.
Phase II, Raises several questions about prevailing conception of adopters and adoption behavior. Specifically, the author argues that research has failed to take into account variations in farming environments, natural physical parameters, and the social organization of resources as factors influencing peasant farmers' adoption behavior. More attention ought to be given to the location specific constraints, characteristics and requirements of specific technologies, and to the general issue of whether identical technologies are equivalent innovations in different agro-climatic environments. Drawing on data from several villages in Nepal, the author shows that rates of adoption are location specific, that is, influenced more by agro-climatic conditions and socioeconomic organization than by inter-village differences in propensity to innovate. Ecological suitably and varying levels of farm resources have a direct effect on technology utilization.
Axinn, George H. (author) and Axinn, Nancy W. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1995
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37099
Notes:
See C37095 for original, Pages 247-265 in Harry K. Schwarzweller and Thomas A. Lyson (eds.), Research in rural sociology and development: sustaining agriculture and rural communities. Volume 6. JAI Press Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut. 270 pages.
Axinn, Evans, Sixty-nine farm families in Shardanagar Panchayat, Chitwan District, Nepal, provided data via a questionnaire for analysis of the information flow to these farm families. The major channel for information flow in this area was word-of-mouth, with information coming from relatives, various officials, and commercial people. One-third of the farms had radio receivers, and a slightly higher proportion reported that they received newspapers. Two -thirds reported that they received letters from others. Over 75% of the families had a boy or man present who could read, and 17% of the families had a girl present who could read. Organization membership, participation, and other interpersonal inter-actions were also analyzed. (author)
Axinn, George H. (author), Mallick, T. (author), and Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Rampur, Nepal; Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Rampur, Nepal
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1978
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 33 Document Number: B03500
James F. Evans Collection, Participation in rural development programs that organize members into local cooperative groups can alter the decision-making environment facing couples to reflect some of the negative consequences of childbearing. This study uses data from Nepal, collected through a combination of ethnographic and survey methods, to test the effects of participation in such a development program on fertility behavior. Results demonstrate that program participants are much more likely to use contraceptives to limit their fertility than are non-participants. The study provides empirical support for theories linking this type of institutional change to fertility and indicates a policy option that can allow some negative consequences of childbearing to affect couples' fertility decisions. (author)
Retrieved January 28, 2007, 25 pages., Gaunle refers to something associated with a village. Deurali is a public place in the village, where people congregate. This newspaper is published by a non-governmental organization, Rural Development Palpa. It "is used as a platform for local leaders and villagers to express what is important to them rather than being a channel for the government or political elite to push their agenda."
