Farm Crisis Response: Extension and Research Activities in the North Central Region.

Autor/in	und weitere
Sonst. Personen	Lasley, Paul (Mitarb.)
Institution	North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Ames, IA.
Titel	Farm Crisis Response: Extension and Research Activities in the North Central Region.
Quelle	(1986), (73 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Agriculture; Community Action; Community Problems; Economic Status; Extension Agents; Extension Education; Family Problems; Farmers; Higher Education; Institutional Role; Land Grant Universities; Program Descriptions; Program Effectiveness; Regional Characteristics; Regional Programs; Research Needs; Responses; Rural Areas; Rural Extension; Stress Management; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Michigan; Minnesota; Missouri; Nebraska; North Dakota; Ohio; South Dakota; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Landwirtschaft; Erweitertes Bildungsangebot; Familienkrise; Farmer; Agriculturist; Landwirt; Landwirtin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Regionaler Faktor; Regional program; Regional programme; Regionalprogramm; Forschungsbedarf; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; South-Dakota
Abstract	The 12 states comprising the North Central Region have been affected in similar ways by the farm crisis of the 1980s. Statewide surveys show sizeable proportions of farm operations that are experiencing moderately high levels of financial stress. The problems caused by chronic stress on family structure and functioning, the loss of mainstreet businesses, and bank closing are felt throughout the region. The Cooperative Extension Agencies in the states have approached the problems in similar ways. They have developed new programs with long- and short-term efforts, and they have adapted existing programs with short-term or temporary activities and long-term commitments. Extension has been most heavily involved in developing new, relatively short-term programs such as the use of hotlines, crisis intervention teams, and bankrupcy or bank closing response teams. New, long-term programs include projects and research designed to achieve economic and agricultural diversification. The addition of resources to the existing farm management programs is a good example of an existing short-run program. Many existing, long-term Extension and research programs have been helpful in meeting immediate needs. This document provides 12 papers summarizing the farm crisis and programs designed to deal with it in each of the North Central states. Research needs are enumerated. (JHZ)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC