Hunter, Guy (author / Senior Research Officer, Overseas Development Institute, London, UK) and Senior Research Officer, Overseas Development Institute, London, UK
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05322
Notes:
duplicated in C19432, James F. Evans Collection; Burton Swanson Collection, In: Gajendra Singh, J.H. de Goede, eds. Proceedings of the International Conference on Rural Development Technology : an Integrated Approach, June 21-24, 1977, Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok, Thailand: Asian Institute of Technology, 1977. p. 15-34., This paper examines what modification, in the concept of planning, would be needed if Districts were to have far more discretion in adopting nationally-conceived programmes to real local needs and also in particular to local initiatives and localised programmes which may emerge from local diagnosis and consultations with farmers. The paper distinguished between executive planning (where the government controls the executive changes, e.g., building a dam) and enabling planning (where the objective is to increase any output by farmers which the government can control or plan in detail because the response of farmers to offers and persuasion is wholly in the discretion of the farmers themselves). The paper considers how plans which must necessarily be made at the centre and proposals which must necessarily come from the farmers can be reconciled. (original)
3pgs, With volatility being an integral part of farming, electric ag equipment could bring some predictability to farmers’ energy use and consumption, say experts. Efforts to electrify transportation in urban areas have been underway for years now, but rural advocates say electric vehicle needs in rural areas have long been misunderstood and ignored.
Johnson, C.Y (author / USDA Forest Service and University of Georgia), Horan, P.M. (author / University of Georgia), and Pepper , W. (author / USDA Forest Service, Athens, Georgia)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1997
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 104 Document Number: C09009
