Raghubanshi, C.S. (author), Swarup, R. (author), Yadava, R.P. (author), and Agro-Economic Research Centre, H.P. University, Simla, India; Agro-Economic Research Centre, H.P. University, Simla, India; Agricultural Economics, H.P. University, Simla, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1975-07
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05053
Kempadoo, Peter L. (author / Consultant on Rural Development and Education, Guyana) and Consultant on Rural Development and Education, Guyana
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 44 Document Number: B05330
Notes:
James F. Evans 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. 711-724., Started spontaneously by a couple of village women cassava workers, in reaction to a social injustice that was being perpetrated in our village, the group had no other objective, at first, than wanting to solve that particular problem. The solution they worked out - a cooperative, economic one - soon attracted a large number of other villagers. Together they became the Bantu Society. Economic success and interaction within the group also made them generally aware of the social underdevelopment of their families, and this led to a wide range of socio-economic activities which now comprise a closely-integrated village development programme. (original).
Patel, A.U. (author), Singh, B.S. (author), and Office of the Commissioner, Agricultural Production and Rural Development to the Government of U.P.; Professor of Extension, B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand, Gujarat, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1969
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05012
Phase II, This study presents an interpretation of the way Punjabi farmers in a village of the arid Sind perceive the pest hazard and the methods of management that they employ to deal with this situation. It is found that farmers do recognize the seriousness of the problem which consequently leads them to employ traditional as well as pesticide treatment of their crops. But because of financial handicap and other factors, they do not use pesticides regularly or in adequate quantity. As a result the control of pests remains ineffective. (original)
Evans, cited reference, The present paper briefly reviews the various methods used thus far for selecting key-communicators to show that none of these was found suitable in a similar study conducted in a multicaste village, with 94 farm families, near Delhi. The study recorded communication acts by each farmer in relation with three practices - ghana bajara, 2, 4-D and Pusa ruby tomato, at three different stages of adoption. The mean number of communication acts were taken to be the cutting scores. Scoring above the mean number in a particular innovation were regarded as key communicators, and those who did not perform a single act of key communication were designated non-communicators. (original)
Rajaguru, G.S. (author), Venkataramaiah, P. (author), and Agricultural Extension, University of Agricultural Sciences, College of Agriculture, Dharwar, India; Department of Extension, College of Agriculture, Bhubaneswar, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1975-06-16
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05051
Fliegel, Frederick C. (author), Kivlin, Joseph E. (author), Roy, Prodipto (author), Sen, Lalit K. (author), and Associate Professor of Sociology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH; Head, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; Director of Research, Council for Social Development, India International Centre, New Delhi, India; Director of Sociology, National Institute of Community Development, Hyderabad, India
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
1971
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05097
Notes:
Evans, cited reference; Includes Table of Contents only, Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Press, 1971. 287 p.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 117 Document Number: C12861
Notes:
Chapter 9 in Anjan Kumar Banerji (ed.), Communication and development. Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. 135 pages.
Singh, Y.P. (author / Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Extension, R.B.S. College, Bichpuri, India) and Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Extension, R.B.S. College, Bichpuri, India
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
1965
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05107
Notes:
Evans, cited reference; table of contents, summary only, Agra, India: Satish Book Enterprise, 1965. 204 p.
Acharya, B.V. (author / Department of Economics, South Gujarat University, Surat, India) and Department of Economics, South Gujarat University, Surat, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1974
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05036
Bhatnagar, G.S. (author), Gaikwad, V.R. (author), and Tripathi, B.L. (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1972
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05037
Notes:
Evans, cited reference; Include Table of Contents only, Ahmedabad, India : Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, 1972. 147 p.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05098
Notes:
Evans, cited reference; Includes Table of Contents, Summary and Conclusions only, Hyderabad, India : National Institute of Community Development, 1969. 61 p.
Lakshmanna, C. (author), Satyanarayana, M. (author), and Head, Department of Sociology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India; Block Level Extension Officer, Hyderabad District Extension Programme, A.P. Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1969
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05023
Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, International Fertilizer Development Center, Muscle Shoals, Alabama. 7 pages., The use of the Guttman-type scale of community differentiation provides a means to measure the community environment which, although lying beyond the farm, nevertheless influences the farmer's decision making.
Dinar, Ariel (author / Research Associate, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; Researcher, Department of R&D Economics, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet-Dagan, Israel)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1989-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05389
AGRICOLA IND 89046598, Provision of and request for extension services are simultaneously determined by economic, social, and policy variables. This paper examines the allocation of extension services provided to settlements in terms of a demand-supply model using data from Israel. Results suggest that the amount of extension provided affects the request for extension and vice versa. Other variables influencing the amount of extension services provided and requested are structure, scale, and age of the settlement and its distance from the extension center. The role of a settlement coordinator is of great importance in determining the amount of services provided.
7 pages., via online journal article, The complexities of Melanesian customary land tenure greatly influence the adoption of community-based reforestation (CBR) in Papua New Guinea (PNG). CBR has recently become a focus for the PNG government due to declining yield from native forests which has renewed attention on developing timber plantations to augment villagers' livelihoods. In this paper, we investigate the factors which affect adoption of timber tree-growing by farmers and communities. We assess the efficacy of a policy frequently employed by non-government organisations (NGOs) in which single or multi-clan based seedling nurseries are used to encourage tree growing. A key finding is that people's need for technical assistance is subordinate to social and cultural factors, principally the need for community harmony. Farmers' motivation to plant trees is adversely influenced by uncertainties inherent in PNG's system of customary land tenure. Interventions – in this case extension assistance to grow trees – may create or exacerbate intra- and inter-clan conflict by bringing long term uncertainties into short term focus. For villagers in PNG, as in other cultures, we conclude that key enabling conditions for collective action revolve around strengthening villagers' bridging social capital in a manner which is sensitive to their longstanding social traditions. Targeted, do-it-yourself, family assistance may be as effective as attempts to encourage collective action. The implications of our findings for Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) which envisages a participatory approach to community engagement, are that cross-community initiatives may not be feasible without extensive investment in building social capital. Initiatives targeted at families or family-groups may be most successful.
Rangaswami, G. (author / Vice-Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India) and Vice-Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1975
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05040
