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2. Social consequences of technology in the improvement of peasant agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Miller, P. A. (author)
- Format:
- Conference proceedings
- Publication Date:
- 1982
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 103 Document Number: C08911
- Notes:
- In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Goat Production and Disease. January 10 - 15, 1982. Tucson, Arizona, USA. 319-327
3. Strengthening linkages between agricultural research and farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cummings, Ralph W., Jr. (author / Agricultural Economist, Rockefeller Foundation) and Agricultural Economist, Rockefeller Foundation
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 1981
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 80 Document Number: C04616
- Notes:
- INTERPAKS, In: Workshop on Linkages Between Agricultural Research and Farmers in Developing Countries; 1981 May 13-14. New York, NY : Rockefeller Foundation, 1981. 25 p., Begins with an overview of the technology development process which includes 3 principal action agents: a) the research service, b) the extension service, and c) the farmers. Points out the significant influence the service institutions and government policies have on the process. Delineates some of the weaknesses seen in the effectiveness of the various types of agents and points out the key variables in the technology development process. Raises the issues that need resolution for better linkages between agricultural research systems and the farmer. Outlines some objectives to be pursued in accelerating agricultural development. Points out the information needed on agro-climatic conditions, social and cultural characteristics, institutional and infrastructural development programs. Presents strategies for technology development through discussion of the interrelated components of generation, assessment and diffusion. Discusses the role organizations play in the process and the need to identify alternative means of implementation. Concludes with a section on the implications for assistance from donor agencies.
4. Transfer of technology : a tool for modernizing agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gaur, R.A. (author / Associate Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jabalpur, India)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 1981
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 91 Document Number: C06584
- Notes:
- James F. Evans Collection, In: Management of Transfer of Farm Technology. India : National Institute of Rural Development, 1981. p. 103-105. Paper presented at the National Workshop on Management of Transfer of Farm Technology; 1979 November 19-24; National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, India.