INTERPAKS, Summarizes the main issues involved in acquisition of technology for production in Africa. Focuses attention on the areas of concern covered which are of importance for each sub-sector of production in industry and agriculture.
irrigation, INTERPAKS, Examines the role of extension in irrigated agriculture in the Mahi-Kadana Irrigation Project, Gujarat and assesses the overall effects on production levels, Presents a descriptive account of extension activities in the area as well as the methodology and results of an empirical analysis. Results indicate 1) extension makes a positive contribution in agricultural production and irrigated agriculture, in particular; 2) the supporting role of credit is essential; and 3) an increase in extension expenditure by Rs. 1 million would result in a 12 point increase in the aggregate production index.
INTERPAKS, Examines the nature and extent of different extension services available to farmers in Punjab state (1974-5) as well as the impact of extension inputs on productivity in agriculture. The design of the study was multi-stage stratified random sampling with weights assigned to different items of extension input (mass media, visits by extension officers, visits to extension agencies, training). On the average, each farmer visited the extension agencies 5.8 times a year, was visited 9.42 times, only 22% of farmers received training, 28% purchased daily newspapers, 86% listened to radio programs for the rural population, and 68% visited the university. Production function analysis was conducted both with and without extension inputs. The regression coefficient of the extension input was found to be 0.18 which was significant at the 5% level.
Hapgood, D. (author / Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139) and Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1965
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 45 Document Number: B05548
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 47 Document Number: B05712
Notes:
In T. M. Arndt, D. G. Dalrymple, and V. W. Ruttan (Eds.), Resource allocation and productivity in national and international agricultural research. Minneaspolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. 209-236.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 47 Document Number: B05713
Notes:
In T. M. Arndt, D. G. Dalrymple, and V. W. Ruttan (Eds.), Resource allocation and productivity in national and international agricultural research. Minneaspolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. 171-208.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 51 Document Number: C00486
Notes:
AgComm teaching See ID C00478, In Williams, R.D. (ed.). Communication of weed science technologies in developing countries. Proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the International Weed Science Society and Weed Science Society of America, February 10, 1983. St. Louis, Missouri. (pp.105-116). Corvallis, Oregon: International Plant Protection Center, Oregon State University.
