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008			940912s1985 xx ||||gr |0|| 0 por d
080			_a631.001.76(817.4) _bL856
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100	1		_aLongo, Rose Mary Juliano. _915170
245	1	0	_aThe role of information transfer in the aoption of agricultural innovations : _bthe case of the Federal District of Brazil
264			_aSheffield : _c1985
300			_a202 p.
502			_a^aTese^bPh.D). Information Studies _cUniversity of Sheffield. Departament of Information Studies
508			_aOrientador: Schur, Herbert
520	3		_aThis thesis attempted to examine the ways in which information transferred through, both mass media and interpersonal channels of communication, influence adoption of agricultural innovations by farmers of the Federal District of Brazil. Other economic and socio-cultural factors such as: income, off-farm income, credit, farm size, size of herd, land under cultivation, labour, age, literacy, education, place of birth, and years of residence in the Federal District, were also analysed, and their influence on adoption of innovations was assessed. Farmers, 2) Livestock farmers, and 3) Farmers dealing with both crop and animal husbandy. In the Federal District farmers are, in their majority, literate, with many years of formal education. They come from the several regions of Brazil, from Japan, and other countries. Crop farmers tend to live mainly off the farming activity, while livestoock farmers live primarily from their off-farm activity. They do not have very large farm units. Crop farmers rely more heavily on credit, but for livestoock farmers, credit is largely unavailable
590			_aCNPq e EMBRAPA
650		7	_aCiência da informação _2Br _930
650		4	_ainformacao especializada _9622
650		7	_aAgricultura _2Br _9248
650		4	_anovas tecnologias _9769
650		7	_aDisseminação seletiva da informação _2Br _9416
651		7	_aDistrito Federal (Brasil) _2Br _910625
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998			_a19940912 _b _c
998			_a20051213 _b1529^b _cPriscilla
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c32433 _d32433