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Download full textBell, Ian C.; Blackburn, Donald J. – 1970
This study sought to determine the extent to which selected publications of the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food were received by farmers in the Province on Ontario, Canada. Investigations were made of relationships between various social and demographic characteristics of respondents, and their receipt of these publications. A…
Descriptors: Farmers, Individual Characteristics, Publications, Research
Nwaerondu, Ndubuisi Goodluck – 1994
This paper examines how educational radio has been used to disseminate agricultural information to farmers in rural communities of Manitoba (Canada), and discusses implications for educational uses of radio in developing countries. In-depth interviews were conducted with 15 communication experts involved in rural extension services in Manitoba.…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Educational Radio
Akinbode, Isaac A.; Dorling, M. J. – 1969
This study analyzed data gathered in a Canada Land Inventory project in British Columbia; the purpose was to measure the degree of communication between farmers and the agricultural extension service by analyzing the nature and extent of contacts, and the relationship of the contacts to socioeconomic characteristics. The farmers tended to be an…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Extension Agents, Farmers, Income
Best, K. E.; Blackburn, D. J. – 1972
A study of Haldimand County (Ontario, Canada) farmers' use and understanding of soil test reports and the relationship of these variables with certain personal and social characteristics of the respondents are summarized. The objectives of the study were to indicate the extent to which farmers use the soil test report, the quality of fertilizer…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Data Analysis, Educational Background
Taylor, Jeffery – 1994
This book presents a study of educational institutions in Manitoba (Canada) agriculture before 1925, the dominant ideologies that resided there, and the impact of those ideologies on the agrarian movement. The first chapter overviews a variety of ideologies, state structures, and agrarian movements in North America during the late 19th and early…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, Agricultural Education, Bureaucracy, Capitalism
Alleyne, E. Patrick; Verner, Coolie – 1969
The study investigated the adoption behavior of 100 strawberry growers (including 32 Mennonites and 23 Japanese) in the lower Fraser Valley of British Columbia. Adoption of six selected practices was examined in relation to socioeconomic characteristics and ethnicity. Findings included the following: (1) ethnic groups differed significantly on…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Age Differences, Agricultural Education, Analysis of Variance
