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The Impact of Farm Radio Forum on the Diffusion of Innovations in Lahore and Gujrat Districts of West Pakistan. American University of Beirut, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences Publication No. 51, January 1973.
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Yacoub, Salah M.; And Others – 1973
A random sample of 150 farmers (75 participants and 75 non-participants in radio forums) from Lahore and Gujrat districts in West Pakistan were surveyed via personal interview in 1971 to determine whether there was a relationship between: certain socioeconomic variables and farmer forum participation; radio forums and agricultural change,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Attitudes, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis
Farmworkers in Rural America, 1971-1972: Part 3B, Land Ownership, Use, and Distribution. Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Migratory Labor of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, 92d Congress, 1st and 2d Sessions, January 12, 1972, Fresno, Calif.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1972
On January 12, 1972, the Subcommittee resumed its hearings on the impact of agribusiness and agrigovernment on the welfare of the family farmer, the farm worker, and the rural community. Witnesses testified on such topics as: (1) problems of rural poverty; (2l some of the court litigation taking place in Fresno County; (3) the syndication of…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Change Strategies, Court Litigation, Economic Factors
Twelve Years of Sociocultural Action in the Las Villas Area. Chapter 2.
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Gonzalez, Quintin Garcia – 1994
This chapter reports on the activities of the Rural Continuing Education Centre (CREPA), a nongovernmental organization run by volunteers from small agricultural villages in the Las Villas area of Salamanca, Spain. The organization was founded in 1983 with the goal of improving living conditions and community life for villagers through social…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Community Development, Consciousness Raising
Farmworkers in Rural America, 1971-1972: Part 3C, Land Ownership, Use, and Distribution. Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Migratory Labor of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, 92d Congress, 1st and 2d Sessions, January 13, 1972 San Francisco, Calif.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1972
On January 13, 1972, the subcommittee resumed its hearings on land ownership, agribusiness, and agrigovernment in California. Witnesses testified on: (1) the impact of land use, ownership, and distribution on farmworkers, farmers, and consumers; (2) the national policy of land ownership and distribution; (3) California's water project and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agribusiness, Agricultural Laborers, Change Strategies
Reweaving the Fabric of Rural Vermont: The EPIC Project.
Richardson, Jean – Small Town, 1998
A Vermont project, the Environmental Programs/Partnerships in Communities (EPIC) project provides a transferable model for rural development. The program is sensitive to people and environmental needs, and emphasizes long-term functioning of the entire community system, not just specific outcomes. EPIC has supported leadership training, local…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Action, Community Development