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."
Scherer, Chris (author / North Central Computer Institute) and North Central Computer Institute
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1983
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 65 Document Number: C02415
Notes:
Four copies, In: The use of computers in agricultural information (NCCI Workshop; 1983 May 2-5; Palmer House, Chicago) Madison, WI : North Central Computer Institute, 1983. p. 149-165
Chamala, Shankariah (author), Crouch, Bruce R. (author), and Department of Agriculture, University of Queensland, Australia; Department of Agriculture, University of Queensland, Australia
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 71 Document Number: C03174
Notes:
Contains Table of Contents, Forward, Preface, and Overview only; See C03175 for volume 2, New York : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 1981. 371 p.
Chamala, Shankariah (author), Crouch, Bruce R. (author), and Agricultural Extension Unit, Department of Agriculture, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia; Agricultural Extension Unit, Department of Agriculture, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 71 Document Number: C03184
Notes:
In: Crouch, Bruce R., and Chamala, Shankariah, eds' Extension education and rural development. Volume 2 : experience in strategies for planned change. New York : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 1981. p. 267-275
Binswanger, Hans P. (author), Pingali, Prabhu L. (author), and Binswanger: Chief of the Agriculture Research Unit, World Bank; Pingali: Economist, International Rice Research Institute
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1987
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 72 Document Number: C03407
Notes:
This paper is a shortened version of authors' "The evaluation of farming systems and agricultural technology in sub-Saharan Africa," presented at the Alexander von Humboldt Award Colloquium; 1984; University of Minnesota, In: Ruttan, Vernon W.; and Pray, Carl E., eds. Policy for agricultural research. Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 1987. p. 283-318
Ahmad, Iftikhar (author), Khan, Asmatullah (author), Sofranko, Andrew J. (author), and Khan, Ahmad: Agricultural University, Peshawar; Sofranko: University of Illinois
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1987
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 73 Document Number: C03501
Reddy, A. Adivi (author / Formerly Director of Extension, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India) and Formerly Director of Extension, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1981-09
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 77 Document Number: C04236
Notes:
INTERPAKS, In: Management of transfer of farm technology. Hyderabad, India : National Institute of Rural Development, 1981. p. 69-84 (Paper presented at the National Workshop on Management of Transfer of Farm Technology; 1979 November 19-24; National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, India), Discusses seven systems which constitute the transfer of technology, their functions and problems. These seven are research, extension, client, inputs, economic, psycho-socio-cultural and administrative-organizational systems, all of which are not discrete but overlapping.
