Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07426
Notes:
INTERPAKS, In: Management of transfer of farm technology, Hyderabad, India: National Institute of Rural Development, 1981. p. 106-116., Gives several illustrations to lend authenticity to the big and small in agriculture technology development and transfer. A key factor in transferring technology to, and evolving a comprehensive policy for India's agricultural sector is that agriculture is privately owned on the one hand and a state subject on the other. Transfer of technology is a good deal less simplistic than the generation and dissemination explanation. Several linkages at different levels are implied. Suggests areas for improvement in extension such as better use of available media for group or mass communication, training of functionaries, the need to reach women and youth, and a more democratic administration. The author sees a definite link between individual farmers and the groups they constitute, particularly in the area of agricultural practices. Concludes by calling for application of 'extension technology' to realize the potential of the extension system.
INTERPAKS; see also C07252, Suggests that extension must take into account both needs and means in its activities and that needs and means must be made to meet in order to be effective. Extension and agricultural research have so far been largely means-oriented. Describes three types of approaches to extension. Concludes that more needs-orientation must be built into extension and lists the implications of this needs orientation.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 89 Document Number: C06290
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James F. Evans Collection, In: Johnson, Glenn L., Bonnen, James T., Fienup, Darrell, Quance, C. Leroy, and Schaller, Neill, eds. Social science agricultural agendas and strategies. East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University Press, 1991. p. I 39 - I 41
Rhoades, Emily B. (author / University of Florida)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1983
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07412
Notes:
INTERPAKS, Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1983. Paper presented at the Expert Consultation on Women in Food Production, Rome, Italy, December 7-14, 1983. (ESH: WIFP/83/3-Rev.1). 14 p., Women form a large segment of the agricultural work force. As such, they deserve increased attention from agricultural extension services in every developing nation. Discusses the need for a blue-print, and action-oriented plan for reaching the thousands of women in agriculture who fill the bread baskets of the third world.
Carney, Catherine S. (author), Paulson, Curtis E. (author), and The Ohio State University; The Ohio State University
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1990-07
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 81 Document Number: C04786
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Mimeographed, 1990. 28 p. Paper presented at the Agricultural Communicators in Education Conference; 1990 July 14-18; St Paul, MN
Shih, Ching-Chun (author / Department of Agricultural Education and Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07929
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. 64
14 pages, This study examines how smallholder coffee farmers’ perceptions may influence their engagement in peer mobilization and collective action. Forty smallholder coffee farmers were interviewed in the Central Highlands region of Peru using a closed-ended instrument. The sample of smallholder farmers was achieved using purposive and snowball sampling methods. Quantitative data on farmers’ attitudes and aspirations regarding working with peers, autonomy, and external support as well as knowledge, skills, and behaviors pertinent to collective actions were collected and analyzed using descriptive and correlational procedures. Key findings indicate farmers perceive a need for external support, feel there are benefits of collective actions, and aspire to work with their peers. Based on the findings, it is recommended that practitioners and farmer group leaders focus training efforts on building smallholders’ knowledge and skills in mobilization, encourage peer association/collective action as a source of external support, and target knowledgeable, skilled and confident farmers to lead collective actions. This study has implications to bolster support for farmer-to-farmer extension and technical assistance systems and inform the identification of leader farmers.
