INTERPAKS; see also C07214, Aims to show that it can be of great advantage to the design of a rural development project if the cognitive strategies which lie behind farmers' decisions to adopt new technology are understood. This is done by using a case study of an agronomic recommendation of the Plan Puebla in Mexico which did not diffuse. Of the 1973-4 recommendations, the one to increase the number and change the timing of fertilizer applications was the non-adopted recommendation. The theory of choice used in this study assumes that people choosing between two alternatives do not make complex calculation of the overall worth or utility of each alternative. Instead people tend to use procedures which simplify their decision making calculations.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05240
Notes:
INTERPAKS, Mimeographed, 1977. Paper presented at the Symposium on Risk and Uncertainty in Decision Processes of Small Farmers in Less Developed Countries, San Diego, CA, July 31-August 3, 1977. 27 p., Describes research towards the generation of production technologies appropriate to the conditions of small farms. notes the conclusion drawn about the decision processes followed by small farmers with regard to what, how much and how to produce, soil preparation, seeding or planting, use of fertilizer, weed control, diseases and insect control, harvesting, and product handling. Despite efforts to transfer improved technologies, small farmers have been reluctant to adopt them, mainly because they perceive them to be inappropriate for their particular conditions and resources and because the element of risk is too strong.
Chakraborti, Sivaji (author), Das, Puranjan (author), Gupta, T.K. (author), and University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India; University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India; University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1973
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 42 Document Number: B04964
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05098
Notes:
Evans, cited reference; Includes Table of Contents, Summary and Conclusions only, Hyderabad, India : National Institute of Community Development, 1969. 61 p.
