Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 92 Document Number: C06755
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AGRICOLA CAT 92972411, London, UK : Overseas Development Institute, Agricultural Administration Unit, 1986. 20 p. (Agricultural Administration Research and Extension Network, Discussion Paper no. 16.)
Gnaegy Suzanna (author / Winrock International) and Anderson, Jock R. (author / Winrock International)
Format:
Publication
Publication Date:
1991-06-30
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11012
Notes:
World Bank Discussion Paper 126. Washington, D.C. 158 pages., Studies from a workshop. Includes evidence that research and extension had contributed to a decline in agricultural production. "There is a broad consensus about the many factors that have contributed to failures to boost land and labor productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Both technological options and agroecological and socioeconomic circumstances in this vast region are diverse, thus creating a complex matrix of impacts and explanations. The central explanation is that research and development activities, whether public or private, national or international, have produced innovations that farmers find variously unprofitable, too risky, or impossible to implement in a timely and useful fashion. These problems lead, in turn, to often declining agricultural productivity and a deteriorating agricultural resource base, particularly of soil and forest resources. Stepping back further from the farmers themselves to the institutions that are supposed to have assisted, the difficulties are several including the poor (often irrelevant for resource-poor farmers) siting of much past experimental and testing endeavor, inadequate and temporally inconsistent staff and budget support for national research and extension organizations.
Amir, Pervaiz (author), Knipscheer, Hendrik C. (author), and Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Petit Jean Mountain, Morrilton, AR; Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Petit Jean Mountain, Morrilton, AR
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1987
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05339
Singh, R. (author), Sohal, T.S. (author), and Department of Extension, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India; Department of Extension, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1966
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05344
Ganeswar, S. (author), Satapathy, C. (author), and Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Bhubaneswar, India; Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Bhubaneswar, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1974-05
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05088
Explores the interrationships between the interdisciplinary specialties of the diffusion of innovations and technology transfer, using bibliometric methods.
