@article {509,
	title = {Agroforestry, attitude towards risk and nutrient availability: A case study of south Indian farming systems},
	journal = {Agroforestry Systems},
	volume = {15},
	year = {1991},
	month = {July 1991},
	pages = {1-15},
	abstract = {Introduction of two systems of agroforestry to the farmers portfolio is evaluated for their changes in cropping pattern, input use, income generation, farmers attitude towards risk and nutrient availability. Two different types of farmers are studied under both irrigated and dryland farming systems. Farm survey data collected from south Indian villages have been used with a mean-variance framework to identify the risk aversion levels of farmers. The results indicate that the risk-taking preferences of farmers should be given consideration in evaluating the impact of agroforestry systems. Among the two agroforestry systems analyzed, the one with drumstick is shown to increase the risk of crop production while the one with leucaena reduces the risk and enables farmers to invest in more risky cash crops. The impact of agroforestry on crop allocation, input use and income differs due to the differences in resource availability of farmers. The influence of agroforestry on nutrient availability of the farm households also differs based on the components of agroforestry, orientation of farming and the nature of farming systems. It is argued that design of agroforestry systems should consider differences in resource constraints in farming systems and risk attitudes of farmers towards their allocation decisions and that such considerations would largely enhance the successful adoption of agroforestry in developing countries.},
	keywords = {agriculture, economics, farming systems, forestry, India, mathematical programming, mean-variance analysis, nutritional availability, portfolio theory, quadratic programming, risk attitudes},
	doi = {10.1007/BF00046275},
	url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00046275},
	author = {S. C. Babu and B. Rajasekaran}
}
@article {666,
	title = {Technology transfer: Institutions, models, and impacts on agriculture and rural life in the developing world},
	journal = {Agriculture and Human Values},
	volume = {5},
	year = {1988},
	note = {This article from Agriculture and Human Values, 5 (1-2) listed independently.},
	month = {December 1988},
	pages = {16-23},
	abstract = {Technology transfer is a multi-level process of communication involving a variety of senders and receivers of ideas and materials. As a response to market failure, or as an effort to accelerate market-driven social change, technology transfer may combine public and private aparatus or rely solely on public institutional mechanisms to identify, develop, and deliver innovations and information. Technology transfer institutions include universities, government ministries, research institutes, and what may be termed the {\textquoteright}project sector{\textquoteright}. Four farm- and village-level change models are considered: traditional community development, adoption-diffusion, training and Visit Extension, and Farming Systems Research. The challenges to technology transfer efforts center on developing indigenous capacity to generate and adapt agricultural technology to local conditions. This is the primary objective of technology transfer in agriculture and the basis for advancing rural development.},
	keywords = {community development, farming systems, rural development, technology transfer, transfer effort},
	doi = {10.1007/BF02217173},
	url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02217173},
	author = {Joseph J. Molnar and Curtis M. Jolly}
}
@book {342,
	title = {Improved production systems as an alternative to shifting cultivation},
	series = {FAO Soils Bulletin no. 53},
	year = {1984},
	month = {1984},
	pages = {201},
	publisher = {Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations},
	organization = {Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations},
	address = {Rome},
	abstract = {Shifting cultivation, under its diverse forms of slash and burn systems, is a traditional method of cultivating tropical upland soils, mostly for subsistence purposes. During the rest or fallow periods intervening between crops, the natural fertility of the soil is restored for renewed utilization in a subsequent period of crop growth. This traditional system of cultivation is in ecological balance with the environment and does not irreversibly degrade the soil resource, provided a sufficient length of fallow is allowed for soil restoration.},
	keywords = {agricultural systems, agroecology, agroforestry, alley cropping, appropriate technology and intermediate technology, climate, farming systems, horticulture, livestock, rainfall, research , shifting cultivation, soil management, watersheds},
	isbn = {92-5-102121-X},
	url = {http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11418879},
	author = {Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Soil Resources, Management and Conservation Service}
}
