Russell, H.M. (author / Senior Scientific Services Officer, Department of Agriculture, Victoria, Australia) and Senior Scientific Services Officer, Department of Agriculture, Victoria, Australia
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1976
Published:
Australia: Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Melbourne
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 45 Document Number: B05495
cited reference, The training of farmers to act as "counsellors' to other farmers who may need assistance to cope with problems of change was proposed. The evidence of similar ventures would suggest that the idea of employing non-professional counsellors as paid opinion leaders was unlikely to achieve results in the matter of farmers' welfare, although some non-professional extension aides make important contributions as members of existing extension and welfare services.