Savary, Roger L. (author / International Federation of Agricultural Producers)
Format:
Speech
Publication Date:
1967-06
Published:
International: First International Congress of Farm Writers.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 73 Document Number: D10788
Notes:
Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Pages 29-32 in J.S. Cram (ed.), Proceedings of the first International Congress of Farm Writers at Macdonald College, Quebec, Canada, June 18-21, 1967. 112 pages.
This article is maintained in the office of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois > "International" section > "Philippines CARD Group" file folder., Author's graduate research identifies factors limiting effectiveness of farmers' exposure to various information sources they use.
Phase 1, Argues that to bring small farmers into mainstream of agricultural development: a) innovative steps are needed to create dynamic institutions together with b) action to sustain enthusiasm and c) the revitalization of existing community organizations. Small holders need to be psychologically and socially viable if economic progress is to be made.
Poem highlighting the problematic focus, incentives and effectiveness of farming systems research by universities and experiment stations around the world.
