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The Entrepreneurial Community Case Study Project Identifying "20 Clues to Rural Community Survival."
Download full textWall, Milan; Luther, Vicki Braglio – 1987
An in-depth study of five successful rural Nebraska communities with populations ranging from 450 to 6,000 was undertaken to determine why some rural communities are coping with fundamental restructuring while others seem to have surrendered to the current agricultural economic crisis. Background information was gathered on each community, and…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Development, Leadership Qualities
Luther, Joseph – 1981
The past and historical future of the Partnership for Rural Improvement (PRI) and its model for rural planning and development are explored. Evolution of the rural-urban conceptual dichotomy is reviewed. Rural is perceived as a state of being rather than a place. Implications of the PRI experience for new knowledge and skills in rural community…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Kaungamno, E. E. – 1979
This paper describes the major international agricultural information services, sources, and systems; outlines the existing information situation in Tanzania as it relates to problems of agricultural development; and reviews the improvements in information provision resources required to support the process of agricultural development in Tanzania.…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Databases, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Development Communication Report, 1984
This newsletter describes development projects that utilize varied media, including microcomputers, videotape, and print materials, and discusses development communications issues. Specific articles are as follows: "Microcomputers for Education in the Developing World" (Kurt D. Moses); "Social Marketing: Two Views, Two…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Extension Education, Foreign Countries
ASPBAE Courier, 1985
The articles in this issue are mainly concerned with how to reach the poorest and most disadvantaged sections of the population and how best to help once contact has been made. "Nijera Kori in Retrospect: In Search of an Organization of the Rural Poor" (Mohiuddin Ahmad) provides extracts from an evaluation of this grassroots,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Community Action, Developing Nations, Economically Disadvantaged
Leagans, J. Paul – Social Sciences: Education, 1974
Some major dimensions of an evolutionary trend in which the rural development process has become separated from the modern agricultural development process are analyzed and the implications related to emerging opportunities of land-grant universities, government agencies, and business enterprises for broadened public service to rural…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Trends, Demography, Dropouts
Kan, Stephen H.; And Others – 1981
A 1975-79 study assessing community satisfaction and migration intentions in 8 nonmetropolitan Utah communities ranging in population from 1,350 to 6,300 had 3 unique characteristics: (1) the use of distance from the community to the closest Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA), per capita sales tax, and energy development status as…
Descriptors: Community Satisfaction, Family Mobility, Individual Characteristics, Local Government
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State, MS. – 1981
Designed to help researchers pinpoint other professionals whose work might relate to their own, this publication includes the names, addresses, and areas of research of nearly 200 persons involved with research related to the needs of rural development in the Southern region. The researchers listed are from the following states: Alabama, Arkansas,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Human Services, Land Grant Universities, Quality of Life
Asian Centre of Educational Innovation for Development, Bangkok (Thailand). – 1980
This portfolio presents papers that were engendered by a conference held in 1978 at Udorn Thani, Thailand. The meeting was organized by the Asian Centre of Educational Innovation for Development and dealt with developing instructional materials and educational aids, particularly those which are produced from local and community resources, by…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Educational Planning, Educational Technology
Ward, William B. – 1974
Several of the new agricultural universities in India have identified a special need to improve their communication capabilities through the better use of the mass media and other channels to narrow the communication gap between agricultural scientists, educators, and farmers. This paper discusses the basic concept, goals, administration,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agricultural Education, Charts, Developing Nations
De Weaver, Norman – 1979
"Where the money is and what you'll need to do to get it," form the central theme of this citizen's guide to rural development. Designed to assist a community leader interested in implementing a development project, the guide concentrates on the sources which most frequently fund rural community development projects, i.e., the grant and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Credit (Finance), Economic Development, Federal Aid
Preston, James C. – 1980
Published to provide the reader with a working knowledge of the educational programs provided for local governments by land grant institutions in the 12 Northeastern states, these proceedings present papers and summary reports covering important aspects of the various programs. Part I contains in-depth papers concerning: the development of local…
Descriptors: Community Services, Curriculum Development, Extension Education, Government School Relationship
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1978
Appendix I presents national inventories and analyses of the problems, objectives, and instruments pertinent to the rural areas of 21 countries. Data, including land area, agricultural ratio, and report and map sources, are provided for Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Communications, Comparative Analysis, Land Use
BIRD, RONALD; INMAN, BUIS T. – 1965
MANY LOW INCOME AREAS OF THE U.S. POSSESS NATURAL ATTRACTIONS WHICH CAN BE USED AS A BASIS FOR ESTABLISHING EITHER PART OR FULL-TIME RECREATIONAL ENTERPRISES. THE SUCCESS OF PEOPLE UNDERTAKING THESE TYPES OF BUSINESS VENTURES DEPENDS ON THEIR MANAGERIAL ABILITY IN ASSESSING DEMAND, ACQUIRING THE NECESSARY CAPITAL, BUILDING APPROPRIATE FACILITIES,…
Descriptors: Business, Capital, Low Income, Opportunities
Napier, Ted L.; Jarrett, Charles W. – 1980
Investigation indicated factors other than human resource variables must be used to understand unemployment status. Based on a 1979 survey of a random sample (N=640) of rural adult California residents from a multi-county development district, 15 human resource development factors (including educational level, job training, match of work skills…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Correlation, Economic Development, Employment Opportunities
