INTERPAKS, Mimeographed, 1983. Paper presented at the Workshop on Financing the Recurrent Costs of Agricultural Services. 42 p., Presents an overview of the problems, procedures and future potential for financing agricultural research and extension in developing countries. First, the author traces some of the changes in the needs of research and extension over time and illustrates these changes with facts. Second, he discusses recent trends and emerging problems such as the contributions of external support to agriculture research in developing nations, links between research and extension, imbalances in the distribution of research resources, and implications of the development of research and extension services for education and training. Concludes by highlighting some important issues for consideration.
