Golden, W. G. (author) and Sirinayake, D.W. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1971-04
Published:
Philippines
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes1 Document Number: C12147
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Presented at the International Rice Research Conference, International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines. 13 p.
International: Development Advisory Service, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C20434
Notes:
Economic Development Report No. 154. Presented at the summer meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Columbia, Missouri, August 9-12, 1970. 44 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29781
Notes:
Pages 73-81 in Ian Scoones and John Thompson (eds.), Farmer First revisited: innovation for agricultural research and development. Practical Action Publishing, Warwickshire, U.K. 357 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C17028
Notes:
Pages 78-82 in Robert A. Solo and Everett M. Rogers (eds.), Inducing technological change for economic growth and development. Michigan State University Press, East Lansing. 238 pages.
Bentley, Jeffery W. (author), Van Mele, Paul (author), Harun-Ar-Rashid (author), and Saleque, Mohammad Abu (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2005
Published:
Bangladesh
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24696
Notes:
Pages 89-102 in Paul Van Mele, Ahmad Salahuddin and Noel P. Magor (eds.), Innovations in rural extension: case studies from Bangladesh. CABI Publishing, Oxfordshire, England. 307 pages.
Tripp, Robert (author / Overseas Development Institute, London, UK), Wijeratne, Mahinda (author / University of Ruhuna, Kamburupitiya, Sri Lanka), and Piyadasa, V. Hiroshini (author / University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2005-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23161
15 p., The results of a study in Sri Lanka, combined with a review of the literature, provide evidence that Farmer Field Schools (FFS) can contribute to increasing farmers' skills and lowering insecticide use in rice. However, there are questions about their capacity to reach the majority of farmers and there's little evidence that skills learned are passed to nonparticipants, or that an FFS is a likely basis for sustained group activity. The results draw attention to the problems of relying on simple formulas in agricultural programs and point to inadequacies in the assessment of donor projects.
