Showing papers in "Agricultural Administration in 1982"

TL;DR: A model that outlines an alternative approach to solving farm-level technological problems and stresses that applied research must begin and end with the farmer is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, the variables of levels of literacy and education, contacts with extension and urban centres, socio-economic status, empathy and leadership roles in agricultural matters were found to be significantly related to the adoption of recommended farm practices.

TL;DR: Ricefield capture and culture fisheries, an ancient practice in Southeast Asia, probably developed concurrently with rice cultivation as mentioned in this paper, hold great potential for supplying low-cost animal protein in the tropics and for increasing the income of small-farm households.

TL;DR: In this article, the main attempt to deal with this problem is the Cypriot Land Consolidation Law of 1969, and the administrative machinery and procedures for carrying out consolidation are described.

TL;DR: A review of developments in the Kosi region of Bihar, India, as a dynamic adaptive process, taking difficult to anticipate directions is presented in this paper, where a flexible administrative response to innovation has also contributed to these developments.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the various extension management approaches that have been adopted at various times since the institutionalisation of agricultural extension services in Nigeria with a view to identifying their contributions and weaknesses, as well as to making suggestions for a better future.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors suggest that planners have failed to appreciate the factors influencing success in the traditional systems and that disadvantages have resulted from the introduction of modern systems which reflect only "western" conditions.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors defined principal research issues facing commodity programs and evaluated the efficiency of various data gathering exercises in resolving these issues, and focused more on better quantification of potential research benefits through networking in the target area.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the applicability of the concept of critical mass in the context of agricultural R&D and the proposition is advanced that the concept provides an inadequate basis for determining the quantum of resources that should be allocated to such R & D.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report on the methodological approach of a farming systems project in Central America and identify major production constraints in selected small farm environments in order to establish priorities for research and extension.

TL;DR: The concept and organisation of an extension and research liaison service to bring about the flow of research results to the farmers and provide a feedback of farmers' problems to research is considered necessary as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, empirical data from a baseline social survey conducted in three Eastern Caribbean islands of Saint Vincent, Dominica and Saint Lucia was used to identify the biases in perceptions of extension workers, the prevailing attitudes of peasant farmers towards agriculture as a worthwhile occupation for their offspring and the critical significance of the farm family as a reference group for decision making.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine inter-personal and procedural factors which can be used to supervise and monitor agricultural extension and identify the roles of incentives and participatory decision-making.

TL;DR: In this article, a short review of the conditions under which extension work takes place in developing countries, the functions and objectives of this instrument, seen mainly in the educational field, are discussed.

TL;DR: The objectives of the RBDA and their geographical coverage make one confident of the possibility of finally achieving the goal of rural transformation as discussed by the authors. But, like other schemes, RBDA are beset with problems which are also inherent in our present economic set-up in Nigeria and it would need redoubled energy to make RBDA perform the "wonders" which the other strategies have failed to achieve.

TL;DR: In this article, the case of the Sudan Gezira Scheme is analyzed and the authors show that if a tenant were completely free to decide, he would tend to grow no cotton and would increase the production of wheat and sorghum instead.

TL;DR: In this article, nine state-funded agricultural research establishments in England and Wales were visited and the Scientific Liaison Officers interviewed for their views on the interaction of agricultural research and development (R and D) with agricultural education.

TL;DR: In this paper, a structural change in the Feed the Nation (OFN) scheme is discussed and suggestions for improvement in the programme are proposed through what the author describes as the Selected Farmers' Scheme.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a critical examination of the concepts of food self-sufficiency and consider the UK's position with regard to this issue and formulate a policy on UK food selfsufficiency for the future.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate farm loan repayment problems among beneficiaries of the loan schemes of the Ondo State Agricultural Credit Corporation and the Ogun State Agricultural Development Corporation and identify the main causes of the borrowers' loan delinquency.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the sources of farm information amongst a sample of cocoa farmers in the Ondo and Oyo states of Nigeria and found that radio, agricultural extension agents and other farmers were the most important and useful sources of information.

TL;DR: In this paper, the severe problem of soil erosion in Lesotho in southern Africa is discussed and the 45 years' conservation work undertaken to combat it is outlined, and it has become apparent that rural villagers understand the processes of erosion and conservation, but that they lack the motivation to make the heavy, long-term sacrifices which conservation demands.