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RESEARCH AND EXTENSION IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ‐ PURPOSES AND ASSUMPTIONS *
Author(s) -
KRISTJANSON BALDUR H.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
canadian journal of agricultural economics/revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.505
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1744-7976
pISSN - 0008-3976
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7976.1956.tb01069.x
Subject(s) - extension (predicate logic) , production (economics) , agriculture , set (abstract data type) , basic research , work (physics) , agricultural productivity , domain (mathematical analysis) , positive economics , political science , computer science , economics , mathematics , geography , engineering , microeconomics , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , archaeology , library science , programming language
SUMMARY The basic assumptions in production research and extension (conflicting as they may be) have been set forth in this paper. An examination of these assumptions, in turn, suggests a need for more research and extension work. This in itself is not a novel suggestion. However, it seems clear that more resources are required for both research and extension to deal with the possibility that Canadian agriculture is faced with the prospects of chronic depression. Deficiencies in basic research data have been identified and the suggestion made that farm people need to be encouraged to give more study to the national implications of farm production potentials. Conflicting assumptions, deficiencies in basic data and an absence of a fully defined farm policy are not peculiar to Canada. These characteristics are found in most countries of the world. Nevertheless, these seem to be days of agonizing re‐appraisals the world over and it seems unlikely that we can escape such a chore in our own domain.