Download or read book Farmer Acceptance of Government Agricultural Programs written by Raymond D. Nashold and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Long range Agricultural Policy and Program written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alternative Agriculture written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report focusses on the effects of government programs on conventional and alternative agriculture in the U.S.A. Literature is reviewed and farmers are interviewed to assess the impact of the government programs

Download or read book DO WE WANT TO BE FARMERS AN OUTLINE OF INFORMATION FOR USE IN YOUNG FARMER DISCUSSION PROGRAMS written by United States. Agricultural Adjustment Administration and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Farmer Participation in Administration of Agricultural Production Adjustment Programs written by James Harold Booth and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Farmer Transition Programs written by Bruce L. Jones and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Agricultural Extension written by Addison H. Maunder and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Farmer Behaviour Agricultural Management and Climate Change written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-05 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the broad range of factors driving farm management decisions that can improve the environment, including drawing on the experiences of OECD countries.

Download or read book Factors Associated with the Use of Federal Farm Programs in Northern Wisconsin written by David Oliver Hansen and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Global Review of Agricultural Policies written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evaluating The Implementation of and Farmers Participation in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program written by Elsie Assan and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The negative environmental impacts of intensive agricultural production activities across the globe and specifically in the United States (US) is well known. Governments in affected countries including the US have instituted agri-environmental programs to address the negative environmental impacts of agriculture. At the US federal level, a suite of conservation programs referred to as Farm Bill conservation programs (e.g., Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)) provide technical and financial assistance to farmers and other rural land managers in exchange for their voluntary adoption of best management practices (BMPs) to address resources concern resulting from agriculture. The planning, policy development, and implementation of these programs encourage partnerships among government-sponsored conservation agencies and other public-private conservation agencies as well as public participation at the federal, state, and local levels of decision-making. Partnerships and public participation in conservation program planning and implementation processes are encouraged since it helps to account for public concerns, increase understanding of resource concern priorities, increase acceptance of the resultant program, and improve the efficient use of program resources and achievement of program goals. However, there is limited research conducted to explore the extent of public participation in program planning and implementation as well as how farmers make decisions to either participate or not participate in these government-sponsored agri-environmental programs. Drawing on the environmental governance framework and the diffusion of innovation theory, this dissertation sought to evaluate the implementation of and farmers' participation in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program in Pennsylvania. This dissertation is built around three essays. The first essay utilizes data from interviews with conservation managers at federal, state, and local levels and program document analysis to explore the extent to which EQIP planning and implementation processes follow four concepts of environmental governance: adaptiveness, flexibility, and learning; knowledge co-production; acknowledgment of new actors and their roles; and accountability and legitimacy, at the federal, state, and local levels. The findings of the study show the presence of certain components of the four concepts in program planning and implementation processes, mainly because program decision-making processes and implementation practices are informed by congressional mandates and legislation. There is the participation of diverse stakeholders and conservation agencies in program processes at all three levels of decision-making and stakeholders play diverse roles in enhancing the achievement of program objectives. The essay also discusses the challenges identified and recommends strategies to enhance the governance of EQIP. The second essay reports the findings from interviews with conservation field staff at the local level regarding their perspectives on diverse stakeholder participation in EQIP planning and implementation practices at the local level, approaches and challenges to outreach, and barriers to EQIP implementation at the local level. The findings revealed a mixed perspective on the participation of diverse stakeholders in program processes. Further, the results showed that mostly government conservation agencies, their partners, and stakeholders work together and sometimes separately to conduct program outreach utilizing a variety of communication channels and delivery methods. The key outreach approach relied on by both government and non-government agencies is "word of mouth" to disseminate program information. The study findings indicate that farmer-related challenges (e.g., costs associated with program participation, anti-government sentiments, bureaucracy, and inadequate awareness about program existence and goals) and program-related challenges (e.g., staff capacity, attitude, and knowledge about agriculture, inadequate funding, bureaucracy, inflexible program rules, regulations, and internal policies, etc.) could hinder program implementation at the local level. The final essay utilizes both qualitative and quantitative data collected from three Pennsylvania counties within the Chesapeake Bay watershed to explore how farmers make decisions to participate in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. It specifically examined farmers' familiarity with the program and perception of program fit to local farm management practices, farmers' sources of conservation program information, motivators of and barriers to program participation. The findings suggest that both EQIP participants and non-participants have differing levels of familiarity with the program and perceived the program as a good fit for addressing resources concern on the farm and off the farm. Further, EQIP participants and non-participants access program information from multiple sources including formal and informal sources. The findings also revealed program-related characteristics (e.g., cost share, environmental benefits, etc.) and personal reasons (e.g., environmental stewardship, social recognition for conservation efforts, etc.) as motivators for program participation. Self-autonomy and distrust of government conservation agencies, inadequate information on EQIP goals and benefits, religious reasons, and perceived limited knowledge of the heterogeneity of farms among conservation staff were some of the barriers to program participation. The essay also discusses how understanding the differences between the two groups of farmers can help conservation professionals enhance the participation of farmers in conservation programs. Taken together, the three essays highlight program governance issues that could be improved to enhance public participation, support, and buy-in for conservation programs. Overall, this dissertation findings could improve understanding of how national-level decisions about natural resources conservation influence implementation decisions at the state and local level as well as farmer participation in EQIP. More generally the findings could enable states in the northeast region, particularly, Pennsylvania to secure conservation gains and enhance farmer participation in conservation programs such as EQIP over time.

Download or read book Government sponsored Enterprises Reforms written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bibliography of Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 1040 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Evaluation of Federal Programs in Agricultural Research Education and Extension written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research, and Forestry and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three House of Representatives' subcommittee hearings were held in March, May, and July 1996 to evaluate the goals, priority setting, and advisory mechanisms of federal programs in agricultural research, education, and extension. To become competitive in global markets, farmers will need to rely on the research community to provide up-to-date technology and market information. The purpose of the hearings was to establish research priorities for the 21st century, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal research investment, and improve accountability through the establishment of a coordinated advisory and priority setting mechanism. Testimony was received from U.S. Senators and Representatives; Under-Secretaries from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); and spokespersons for agribusiness associations, agricultural science associations, research institutions, land grant universities, and the Extension Service. The following topics were discussed: the role of the National Center for Agricultural Utilization and Research (Peoria, Illinois) in commercialization of agricultural products; financial and political threats to the federal government's role in agricultural research and education; research priorities related to human nutrition, new agricultural and livestock pests and diseases, food safety, and farming's environmental issues; replacing petrochemical ingredients in industrial products with agriculture-based ingredients; proposed participants and processes in setting research priorities for government funding; importance of sustainable agriculture; the needs of rural families and communities that are not usually well supported in USDA budgets and extension programs; worldwide research on consumer food preferences; structure and funding of federally funded agricultural research programs conducted by land grant universities, the USDA Agricultural Research Service, and the agribusiness industry; and the role and methods of the Cooperative Extension Service in disseminating research-based information to farmers. (SV)

Download or read book Research extension farmer written by Michael M. Cernea and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: