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Download full textLee, John E., Jr. – 1994
The intervention of the United States government in agriculture in the 20th century is an explainable response to basic characteristics of agriculture: unpredictability, immobile resources, technological changes and disproportionate supply and demand factors. The concentration of large benefits among relatively few producers and diffusion of costs…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Extension Education, Farmers, Government Role
Ikerd, John – 2001
A 5-year collaborative project between Missouri, Michigan State, and Nebraska Universities to provide new opportunities for rural community self-development through sustainable agriculture had mixed results. This happened because community members did not understand the principles of sustainability, and because the extension education system was…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Agriculture, Community Development, Empowerment
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh. Agricultural Experiment Station. – 1988
Agriculture and the rural economic bases in mining, fisheries, forestry, and natural resource extraction are experiencing major social and economic changes. The farm and rural crises of the 1980s are not short-term aberrations, but symptoms of long-term trends that were partially hidden by the relatively good times for agriculture and rural areas…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Experiment Stations, Land Grant Universities, Research and Development
Friedland, William H.; Kappel, Tim – 1979
Because of the decline of farm population and family farms, the increase in energy-intensivity, and concentration process in agriculture, a rising tide of criticism has focused on the land grant system and its role in encouraging scientific applications supporting these trends. A study was conducted to develop a strategy that would change…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agriculture, Change Strategies
Peer reviewedKlonglan, Gerald E. – Rural Sociology, 1987
Discusses research, teaching, and extension opportunities for rural sociologists in current social/economic conditions of agriculture/rural America. Describes challenges to the resource base of rural sociology and ways to extend the discipline. Stresses need to expand linkages to the general scientific community and to increase communication among…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Financial Support
Halbrook, Steve A., Ed.; Merry, Carroll E., Ed. – 1996
This document contains abstracts and the complete texts of 19 papers that were presented at a conference held to improve the policy education efforts of extension workers responsible for public affairs programs. The following papers are included: "Microwave Society and Crock-Pot Government" (Bill Graves); "Citizen Participation,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education
