A revolution down on the farm
Paul K. Conkin
This book assesses the skills, new technologies, and government policies that transformed farming in America and suggests how new legislation could affect it in the coming decades.
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The impact of agricultural extension
by Gershon Feder, Lawrence Lau, Roger H. Slade (1985)
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The paper presents results from a study designed to estimate the effect on agricultural productivity of the Training and Visit Extension System in the Karnal and Kairana Tehsil districts in India. The farm level data show that in Karnal under the T & V system, the extent of farmer interaction with extension agents was greater than in Kairana and that farmers in Karnal viewed the change in the extension system favorably. Moreover, an examination of the rates of knowledge diffusion for a select set of practices for High Yielding Varieties (HYV) of rice and wheat suggests that T & V extension led to a noticeable increase in the rate of knowledge diffusion of several HYV wheat practices. The main thrust of the paper, however, is an analysis of productivity differentials between the two areas for two crops, HYV wheat and rice, and the extent to which any estimated differences can be attributed to the introduction of the T & V extension system. After making adjustments to derive a baseline differential that was consistent with the evidence derived from the detailed farm sample survey undertaken, the final results show that, after three years of T & V extension, there was a gain in productivity for HYV wheat of about 6-7 percent which can be attributed to T & V extension.
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Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe impact of agricultural extension Lead Character
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