The Michigan State University (MSU) Dairy Team conducted an industry survey with the objectives of identifying and rating industry priorities. After holding discussion groups across the state, two questionnaires were developed and sent to 2,237 dairy farm owners and operators and 480 allied...

Social capital is about relationships that are often based on earned or inherited kernels of commonality. Social capital raises the ethical question of when relationships should be allowed to influence outcomes. The essential theory underlying the social capital paradigm is that relationships of...

In recent years, numerous policy makers and educators in Michigan have advocated increasing participation of land use planning officials in land use-related education and training. The Michigan Land Use Leadership Council, commissioned by Governor Granholm, recommended that 60% of planning and...

In 1978, the American Agricultural Economics Association sponsored a study entitled "Needs and Strategies for Improving Training of Agricultural Economists for Work in International Agricultural Development." Major emphasis was placed on exploring two related topics. First, what can U.S....

This paper is aimed primarily at researchers in developing countries who have little experience with computers and limited access to information about microcomputer hardware. It is an introduction to various components and features of microcomputers.

This paper includes instructional aids for teaching students, farmers, research and extension workers how to use the TI-59 programmable calculator.

This paper is intended to serve as a starting point for agricultural scientists and other researchers in developing countries in need of a citation database manager.

In the early agricultural period in the United States, land and labor represented about 85 percent of all resources used, farms tended to be small, farmers had limited skill and experience in managing their farms. Each farmer produced food for himself and his family. Capital inputs represented...

This paper is concerned with farm management teaching needs in Nepal. It is intended to assist the author in the preparation of appropriate teaching materials as he assumes teaching and research responsibilities in the area of farm management when he returns to Tribhuvan University, Institute of...