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Peer reviewedDhakal, Dharmendra; And Others – Economics of Education Review, 1987
Using data collected from 600 farm families, this paper examines the contribution of education to agricultural production and productivity in Nepal. Results show that F. Welch's approach, involving estimates of engineering production, gross revenue, and value-added functions, underestimates education's influence on productivity in traditional…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agriculture, Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textBender, Lloyd D.; And Others – 1985
Effective rural development planning depends on facts and analysis based, not on rural averages, but on the diverse social and economic structure of rural America. Programs tailored to particular types of rural economies may be more effective than generalized programs. Because of their unique characteristics, government policies and economic…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Demography, Employment Patterns, Government (Administrative Body)
Crews, Kimberly A. – 1987
One of the challenges that face humanity is how to manage resource and environmental endowments in a way that will guarantee continued survival and ensure the well-being of future generations. Those resources most important to human survival are food, water, and energy. When the population of the world reached 5 billion in 1987, approximately 87…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Conservation (Environment), Developed Nations, Developing Nations
