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Beal, George M. – 1980
A "communication system" paradigm for dissemination of appropriate knowledge, information, and technology needed for effective rural development is briefly described. The paradigm describes six categories of interrelated functions, activities, and processes: (1) scientific knowledge production by carrying out basic and applied research; (2)…
Descriptors: Communications, Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Information Utilization
Peer reviewedNamponya, C. R. – International Library Review, 1986
This discussion of the impact of information services on the agricultural development of the developing countries of Africa. Covers the importance of information and problems of literacy; sources of agricultural information (extension services, radio, films, publications, friends); and the role of library services. Footnotes are included. (EJS)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Developing Nations, Functional Literacy, Information Dissemination
Haque, Wahidul; And Others – 1975
Historical developments in rural India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and China are the empirical basis of this study which offers a theory of rural development for all Asia keyed to fundamental humanistic values rather than narrower techno-economic considerations. Previous efforts have often been "top-down" processes tending to serve…
Descriptors: Asian History, Change Agents, Colleges, Educational Needs
Hooks, Gregory – 1980
The erosion of the credibility of the classical diffusion paradigm by recent challenges to its fundamental assumptions has resulted in a "paradigmatic crisis" as related to research on the diffusion of agricultural innovations. Such basic assumptions as that of a harmonious and cooperative society and of agricultural research guided by endogenous…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Agricultural Trends, Change Strategies, Diffusion
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
Mativo, Kyalo – 1986
Based on an extensive review of the literature, this analysis of the special role of communications in relation to social development examines three major groups of writings: (1) those concerned with perceptions and definitions of early concepts of communication/communication theory and underdevelopment/development, which provide the basis for a…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Diffusion (Communication)
