Via Association AGRIDEA., "Learning how small-scale farmers learn from the new technologies exhibited in Mekelle by their peers and by modern workshops and research centres made us realize how little the majority of 'educated' people in agricultural research and development understand what interests the farmers."
Special Paper, Kerry J.Byrnes Collection, Special Paper, 7 pages, Technical Report No. 9 consists of an analysis of the data collected to answer the research questions on communication, defined as the maximization of utility in the processing of marketing-related information types, from now on, MRIT. The research questions are based on two objectives: I. To describe and analyze the existing agencies and/or programs for the processing of marketing-related information types; II. To describe use of Cauca Valley mass communication networks.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10086
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This abstract is maintained in records of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois > "International" section > "Philippines CARD group" file., Abstract of a research paper presented at the 3rd annual conference of the Communicators for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Mountain State Agriculture College, La Trinidad, Benquet, Philippines, October 21-24, 1982. Page 14., Describes how community residents identified need and cooperatively developed and published a popular manual on how to construct a low-cost fuel-efficient wood stove.
