Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07413
Notes:
INTERPAKS, In: Report of an Exploratory Workshop on the Role of Anthropologists and Other Social Scientists in Interdisciplinary Teams Developing Improved Food Production Technology, Los Banos, Philippines: International Rice Research Institute, 1982. p. 73-92, Discusses the contribution that an anthropologist can make to the design of a farming systems program. Describes the program of the Guatemalan Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology which focuses on the farmer as a decision maker. A decision model in constructed and tested and the policy implications of the results are discussed.
Just, Richard E. (author) and Zilberman, David (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1982
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07421
Notes:
INTERPAKS, Berkeley, CA: Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, University of California, 1982. (Working paper no. 227). 37 p., Examines the role of farm size and technology adoption in developing countries under risk aversion. Develops a local mean variance approximation of expected utility based on farmers' individual wealth. This approximation is used to examine how technology adoption differs among farms of different size depending upon risk considerations. Produces a model illustrating the dependence of technology adoption behavior on risk aversion and indirectly on wealth (farm size) tractable for empirical purposes.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07428
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INTERPAKS, In: D.F. Cusack, ed. Agroclimate information for development : reviving the Green Revolution. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1983. p. 313-329., Addresses the challenges of the information revolution with particular emphasis on using agroclimate information for agricultural development: 1) how to sort out and organize the information already available; 2) how to identify and collect the right kinds of information; 3) how to absorb, analyze, and interpret the information; and 4) how to put it to work for the benefit of humankind. Presents a model of process approach by which agroclimate information may be transferred to benefit agricultural development.
Gutkind, Efraim (author) and Zilberman, David (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1980
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07435
Notes:
INTERPAKS, Berkeley, CA: Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, University of California, 1980. (working paper no. 159.) 18 p., Empirical works found that the rate of diffusion of new technology is an S-shaped function of time. The prevailing theoretical explanation of these observations treats diffusion of a continuous process of imitation or communication among adopters. Introduces an alternative model for the adoption of new processes by industry based on microeconomic theory. Demonstrates that S-shaped diffusion curves can be explained by profit maximation, increasing returns to scale of the new technology, the dynamics of input prices, and the size distribution of forms within an industry. The analysis can be applied to the diffusion of new technology among agricultural firms.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07436
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INTERPAKS; copy in ACDC files, In: M. Drosdoff, ed. World food issues, 2nd ed. Ithaca, NY: Center for the Analysis of World Food Issues, Cornell University, 1984. p. 73-78., Discusses two competing communication strategies. One is a descendent of traditional extension philosophy, which emerged in the US and was developed in the first half of the 20th century. The second is related to the emergence in recent years of the concepts of "integration" and "participation" in rural development. Describes and analyzes each of these strategies and the issues they pose.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07482
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, cited reference, In: T.S. Osteria and J.Y. Okamura, eds. Participatory Approaches to Development: Experiences in the Philippines. Manila, Philippines: De La Salle University Research Center, 1986. p. 77101
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07483
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, cited reference, In: T.S. Osteria and J.Y. Okamura, eds. Participatory Approaches to Development: Experiences in the Philippines. Manila, Philippines: De La Salle University Research Center, 1986. p. 221-239
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07499
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, cited reference; abstract and table of contents, Melbourne, Australia: School of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Melbourne, May 1981. 54 p.
Norton, Marjorie J.T. (author / Department of Clothing and Textiles, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA) and Raab, Carolyn A. (author / Extension Home Economics, Oregon State University, Corvalis, OR)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1987
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 96 Document Number: C07545
