This paper outlines a program for the development of a computerized information network at the University of Kentucky. The Agricultural Network System for Education and Research is an information system to be used both for the delivery of computerized decision aids and for data retrieval systems.

Remarks dealing with the role of information in dealing with risk and uncertainty in agricultur

The paper provides an overview of the treatment of risk in economics as a way to connect the concept of risk, as used by economists, to the concern of other social science disciplines with how the parallel concepts of vulnerability and resilience affect rural and regional development. These...

The effective delivery of computerized decision aids for policymakers who must deal with problems of economic development has been of increasing interest to both extension and research workers in rural development. This paper describes efforts recently completed at the University of Kentucky...