Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07333
Notes:
Pages 119-143 in Anna-Katharina Hornidge and Christoph Antweiler (eds.), Environmental uncertainty and local knowledge: Southeast Asia as a laboratory of global ecological change. Transcript, Bielefeld, Germany. 284 pages., Examines farmer adaptation to traditional weather knowledge and "modern" meteorological information.
Emphasis on a farmer-centered approach by Extension rather than a top-down approach. "...farmers are still in control of which new technologies they will accept, and understanding must precede adoption."
Byrnes, Kerry J. (author) and International Fertilizer Development Center in behalf of a contract with the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1980-04-22
Published:
Bangladesh
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes2 Document Number: D01190
Notes:
Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, International Fertilizer Development Center in behalf of a contract with the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation. 61 pages, In this report, interest is focused on whether fertilizer assists the rural poor, particularly the small farmers and sharecroppers to increase their economic status relative to large farmers. Much of the data used was drawn from small samples that may or may not be representative of Bangladesh.
