Transferring Food Production Technology To Developing Nations

Molnar, Joseph J

• Westview Replica Editions -- Agricultural Development and Technology Transfer -- Technology as a Source of Economic and Social Advancement in Developing Countries -- International Technology Transfer -- Macro-level Planning in Development -- Identification of Goals and Strategies in Designing Technological Change for Developing Countries -- Institutional Linkages in Development Projects with Special Reference to Marine Fisheries -- Establishing Appropriate Linkages from Development Projects to the Central Government -- Micro-level Planning in Development -- Inducing Development at the Micro-level: Theory and Implications for Technology Transfer Strategies -- Risks and Information: Farm Level Impediments to Transforming Traditional Agriculture -- Marketing Decisions for Small-scale Producers -- Social and Institutional Considerations -- Sociocultural Constraints on the Transfer and Adoption of Agricultural Technologies in Low Income Countries -- Host Country Institutions and Diffusion of Technology -- Irrigation Development: Technology Traditions and Transfers