15 pages., via online journal., Information is key in reducing the uncertainties of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs). The objective of this study was to improve the understanding of the relationship between utilized informational sources and other key identified factors affecting Malaysian vegetable producers' choices. The findings of a multivariate probit model suggest that information sources are complementary. The choices for these sources are influenced by heterogeneity in access to credit, social network (member of farmers association), and farm settings (distance from farm to market, resource depletion issues, and geographical regions). Future promotion of SAPs should be delivered through the provision of quality content disseminated through the preferred information sources, which target potential users.
Author maintains that most ads containing prices "are in a way misleading, for the prices quoted do not cover, as a rule, the class of stock they are supposed to cover."
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers., "A daily nation-wide auction of perishable farm products, in which bids and sales will be transmitted from city to city by a teletype network, has been planned by a corporation which is registered in Nevada as the Farmers Market System."
21 pages., Economic analyst provided evidence of "the deplorable state of affairs in the analytical procedure employed in the evaluation of the effects of advertising in the agricultural field."
Shankariah, C. (author), Singh, K.N. (author), and Agricultural Extension Division, Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India; Agricultural Extension Division, Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1967
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 25 Document Number: B02505
Riley, Harold (author), Saurez, Nelson (author), Shaffer, James (author), Henkety, Donald (author), Larson, Donald (author), Guthrie, Colin (author), and Lloyd-Clare, David (author)
Format:
Collection
Publication Date:
1970-03-31
Published:
Columbia: Latin American Studies Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes2 Document Number: D00883
Notes:
Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, Research Report No. 5, Marketing in Development Communities Series, 386pp
