INTERPAKS, Suggests the development of a farming systems approach for use by on-farm advisors in the developing world. Outlines procedures which could form the basis of a low-cost method of improving the effectiveness of farm-level advice in isolated areas with little recourse to institutional farming systems research organizations.
Swanson, Burton E. (author / Associate Professor, International Agricultural Education; and Associate Director, INTERPAKS, University of Illinois) and Associate Professor, International Agricultural Education; and Associate Director, INTERPAKS, University of Illinois
Format:
Handbook
Publication Date:
1984
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 73 Document Number: C03480
Notes:
John Behrens Collection, 2nd ed. Rome, Italy : Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, 1984. 262 p.
Alonge, Adewale J. (author / Department of Agricultural Education and Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07940
Notes:
abstracted from Ph.D. thesis, 1993; search through volume, In: Jacquelyn Deeds and Demetria Ford, eds. Summary of Research in Extension (1992-1993). Mississippi State, MS: Department of Agricultural Education and Experimental Statistics, Mississippi State University, July 1994. p. 114
Johnson, Sam H., III (author), Kellogg, Earl D. (author), and Johnson: Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois; Kellogg: Associate Director of International Agriculture, University of Illinois
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1984
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 73 Document Number: C03483
Notes:
John Behrens Collection; see C03480 for original, In: Swanson, Burton E., ed. Agricultural extension : a reference manual. 2nd ed. Rome, Italy : Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, 1984. p. 40-55
Sofranko, Andrew J. (author / Professor of Rural Sociology, University of Illinois) and Professor of Rural Sociology, University of Illinois
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1984
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 73 Document Number: C03484
Notes:
John Behrens Collection; see C03480 for original, In: Swanson, Burton E., ed. Agricultural extension : a reference manual. 2nd ed. Rome, Italy : Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, 1984. p. 56-76
Singh, Baldeo (author), Singh, Daulat (author), and Division of Agricultural Extension and Training, U. P. Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Kanpur; Division of Agricultural Extension and Training, U. P. Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Kanpur
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1974
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05161
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 60 Document Number: C01783
Notes:
Phase II, In: Cusack, D.F., ed. Agroclimate information for development : reviving the green revolution. Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 1983. p. 330-336, Discusses the flexible, humanistic management systems necessary for successful transfer and adoption of technology. Emphasizes the problem of motivating small farmers to interact rationally in the transfer process. Describes the managerial styles of transfer agencies and then expounds on the organization development technique designed to change the beliefs, attitudes, values, and structure of organizations so they can adapt to new challenge.
INTERPAKS, Summarizes the main issues involved in acquisition of technology for production in Africa. Focuses attention on the areas of concern covered which are of importance for each sub-sector of production in industry and agriculture.
