Problems in transfer of agricultural technology

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Singh, Y.P. (author / Professor, Division of Agricultural Extension, IARI, New Delhi, India) and Professor, Division of Agricultural Extension, IARI, New Delhi, India
    Format:
    Conference paper
    Publication Date:
    1981-09
    Published:
    India
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 77 Document Number: C04235
    Subject Term:
    adoption, agricultural development, diffusion, India, influences, information dissemination, socio-economic aspects, and technology transfer
    Notes:
    INTERPAKS, In: Management of transfer of farm technology. Hyderabad, India : National Institute of Rural Development, 1981. p. 49-68 (Paper presented at the National Workshop on Management of Transfer of Farm Technology; 1979 November 19-24; National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, India), Discusses the production dissemination and utilization of technology and observes that the natural as well as cultural environment affect technology. Credits the Indian agricultural research system as the major determinant of productivity change in dissemination of agricultural research. Concedes that determinants of the adoption are client orientation, environment, the technology itself, and communication variables. Concludes that technology transfer has been strangled by various non-technological factors.

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