Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Taylor, Jennifer E. II
Author's Email Address	jhai@vt.edu
URN	etd-21698-182143
Title	An Exploratory Literature Review of Efforts to Help the Small-Scale, Resource Poor Farmer in International Agricultural Development
Degree	PhD
Department	Teaching and Learning
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Fortune, Jimmie C. Committee Chair De Datta, Surajit K. Committee Member Hutchins, David E. Committee Member Williams, Oscar Committee Member Williams-Green, Joyce Committee Member
Keywords	Subsistence Farmer Sustainable Development 21st Century International Agricultural Research and Extension
Date of Defense	1998-01-13
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract An Exploratory Literature Review of Efforts to Help the Small-Scale, Resource Poor Farmer in International Agricultural Development By Jennifer E. Taylor Abstract Since the 1979 World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (WCARRD) and the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment Development, which generated the Agenda 21 document, international agaricultural development organizations have been urged to strengthen their focus toward the sustainable development of the small-scale, resource poor farmer. Although approximately 75% of the worlds' farmers are small-scale, resource poor farmers, generally, they have not been the primarly focus of international agricultural development. This study investigated the small-scale, resource poor farmers' *ongoing level of participation *rate of adoption of agricultural technology, and *sustainable benefits within the documents of eleven key international agricultural development organizations to determine if the farmers can positively impact the forecasted food shortage expected early in the 21st Century. The study utilized methods of multi-document analysis including: Light and Pillemer (1984), meta-ethnography, and qualitative computer software. This study represents the findings indicated in 51 (fifty-one) implemented international agricultral research and extension projects located within 38 (thirty-eight) countries. More than one million small-scale farmers were reported as participants of the projects within this study.
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