AGE 84924952, Starting farm operators are using family help to aid them getting started. Family assistance in the form of labor, machinery, and housing was frequently received by operators. Most farmers interviewed had entered farming through arrangements with parents by utilizing a father/son operation, then renting from a nonrelative, and purchasing land as the third step. Off-farm employment also was frequently used by starting farmers and wives to aid in generating income.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C06931
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AGRICOLA CAT 91951469; Sequel to Agro-mechanical diffusion in a backward region; Table of Contents only, Ahmedabad, India : Gujarat Institute of Area Planning, 1988. 223 p. (Sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research)
Wang, Guang (author), Zoerb, G.C. (author), and Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C06993
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AGRICOLA IND 90000167; Paper presented at the 1988 Summer Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, December 13-16, 1988, Chicago, IL., St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1988. 20 p. (Microfiche Collection fiche no. 88-3020), A farm tractor driver's information system was developed. The system has functions of optimizing fuel efficiency, tractive efficiency and operation costs. The information provided to the driver included optimum transmission gear and throttle position, which if used, would cut the operation costs and/or increase the field capacity. Field test results are presented. (author)
Boyd, M.M. (author), Lehtola, C.J. (author), and Lehtola: Ag Safety and Health Educator, University of Iowa, Institute of Agricultural Medicine, Iowa City, IA; Boyd: Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1992-07
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 94 Document Number: C07199
Oskam, Judy Barnes (author / Extension specialist and video coordinator, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07334
INTERPAKS, Examines some examples of technology unsuited to farming systems in the less developed countries. Examples include the introduction of tractors in East Africa and certain aspects of mechanizing rice production in Asia. Examples are also given of some promising developments of indigenous technology in Asia and West Africa. Attention is also drawn to some of the undesirable effects of both national and international policies on mechanization transfer, especially when it is linked to foreign aid. Notes that institutional barriers, arising from existing structures for aid, trade and education, can impede the development and spread of more appropriate technologies in the less developed countries. Indicates that appropriate technology for a given situation, whether imported or locally developed, can be considered to be a particular form of technology which is in harmony with the prevailing socioeconomic conditions and management expertise. Emphasizes that machine compatibility with its working environment is just as important as its function. Indicates that this will require a new approach to training and education of engineers and technologists in the less developed countries, and that such experts will play a greater role in the planning and execution of schemes using mechanization.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07789
Notes:
Table of contents, summary, and introduction only, Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1992. 98 p. (FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 92).
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07790
Notes:
Table of contents and introduction only, Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1992. 66 p. (FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin No. 71).
Allen, Philip Bryan (author / Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07924
Notes:
abstracted from M.S. thesis, 1993; search through volume, In: Jacquelyn Deeds and Demetria Ford, eds. Summary of Research in Extension (1992-1993). Mississippi State, MS: Department of Agricultural Education and Experimental Statistics, Mississippi State University, July 1994. p. 45
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 194 Document Number: C11524
Journal Title Details:
computer file (PowerPoint)
Notes:
Presentation at "AgCom.com" Conference sponsored by the Ag and Environmental Communication Alumni Group, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, October 27, 2000
