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Peer reviewedKidd, A. D.; Lamers, J. P. A.; Ficarelli, P. P.; Hoffmann, V. – Journal of Rural Studies, 2000
Discusses forces promoting privatization of agricultural extension. Discusses experiences of privatization and commercialization of extension and related problems in various countries, particularly developing countries. Suggests that the state will continue to play an important role in agricultural extension in many countries and that…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations, Educational Change
Monu, Erasmus D. – 1980
A review of the information provided by rural sociologists and agricultural extensionists regarding the adoption of new and/or improved farm practices in Nigeria in order to determine their contribution to the transfer of technology to farmers indicates that a great deal of attention had been paid to communication variables and to personal and…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Developing Nations, Extension Agents, Farmers
Gilbert, Elon H.; And Others – 1980
The objectives of the state-of-the-art paper, second in a series on farming systems research (FSR) in the Third World, are to: (1) review the literature on farming systems; (2) evaluate farming systems research in international institutes and in national agricultural research systems in the Third World; and (3) recommend what can be done to…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Data Collection, Definitions, Developing Nations
