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"A great deal of controversy has developed concerning the Institution on the Farm Training Program aspect of the Servicemens' Re-Adjustment Act. Some have said that it is ineffective and extravagant, others have taken the opposite point of view. The program has been in effect in Leon and Wakulla Counties since 1946, and no attempt has been made to evaluate it. It is felt that there is a need for such an evaluation. This study is an attempt to meet that need by including an evaluation of the over all program as well as of the methods used in teaching and in the supervisory program"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "January, 1955." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science." / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 57).

An investigation was conducted to determine the impact of economic and non-economic factors on the off-farm work efforts of Oregon farm husbands and wives. A total of 283 Oregon farm households (with husbands and wives) were randomly selected from lists of persons deferring taxes for farm purposes, obtained from County Assessors' offices in each of eight randomly selected counties. Counties with larger number of farms had a higher probability of being selected. Data came from an Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station study conducted during 1988-89. The empirical findings from the maximum likelihood Tobit model showed plausible directional impacts. Off-farm wage rate, the basis of a reduced labor supply model, was the key variable in explaining off-farm work. Wives' off-farm work response to off-farm wage was more elastic when compared to husbands' off-farm work. Additional significant variables to affect either or both husbands' and wives' total off-farm work were total farm debt, husband's age, education, urban/rural location of farm, net farm income, age-square, farm life satisfaction, and total family income before tax. Education was positively related to off-farm work only for wives. Results also indicate that high levels of net farm income as well as farm debt reduce the likelihood and extent of off-farm work. The location of the farm closer in proximity to metropolitan areas, was a significant factor in increased off-farm work hours. Farm life satisfaction was negatively significant for both wives and husbands. The effect of farm life satisfaction was more prominent for wives than for husbands. Total family income was significant and negatively related to wives' off-farm work but not husbands, indicating that women may be more sensitive to a choice for leisure or household work and the motivation for husbands' off-farm work may be higher. Despite a substantial incidence of low profitability and low farm income from farming and some unhappiness and hard work, these farmers generally reported a high level of satisfaction with their farming operations. Any policy implications based on the findings of this study must be cautiously interpreted based on farm types and the work motivation of farmers in Oregon. / Graduation date: 1996

Thesis (D.Com.)(Agricultural Economics)--University of Pretoria, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references. Available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

Farmers' markets in the United States have experienced a dramatic increase since the 1970's. In the past three decades the number of farmers' markets has increased from 340 in 1970 to 3,617 by 2006. This interest in farmers' markets has not been felt everywhere, though. The purpose of this study was to investigate the supply and demand sides of farmers' markets, farmers and customers, in order to increase both segments at farmers' markets in Bryan and College Station, Texas. Interviews were conducted with farmers within a 100-mile radius of the two towns, to determine characteristics of potential farmers' market vendors and factors influencing market outlet choice. Bryan and College Station residents were surveyed at different market outlets to establish their knowledge of and interest in farmers' markets. The two primary themes found for farmers' reasons for growing were family and enjoyment, with enjoyment an especially important theme among older growers. Factors influencing market outlet choice were farmer status (part-time or full-time) and volume grown, with time, volume and risk being the primary considerations for most of the younger farmers interviewed. Almost 90% of respondents said they had been to one of the local farmers' markets, but this could be attributed to many of the respondents' misperception of a farmers' market. Farmers' markets will need to increase residents' understandings of what a farmers' market is. The best communication channel to reach residents appears to be the newspaper as 35% of respondents said that is where they get their local news. The primary reason for not attending farmers' markets was inconvenient times. Those that chose inconvenient times as a reason for not attending preferred Saturday afternoons.

Farmers¡¦ association in Taiwan has four important characters¡FThat is¡GEconomical¡AEduction¡ASocial And Political¡AWhich is said a non-profitable Farmers¡¦ Organization of public welfare and they are federated system of multi-purpose Farmers¡¦ cooperative organization in Taiwan . Farmers¡¦ association in Taiwan provides an integrated services and activities¡Anamely¡GEconomic¡ACredit¡AAgricultural extension and Insurance. Corporate identity system¡]CIS¡^is a total communication system.Which contains Mind identity¡]MI¡^¡ABehavior identity¡]BI¡^¡Aand Visual identity¡]VI¡^¡FMeanwhile¡ACIS has become a powerful strategy for enterprise successfully¡AIn order to alter former conservative corporation image and to establish a new image .The farmers¡¦ association conducts CIS to change image and to reinforce the marketing effect . Therefore¡Amany farmers¡¦ association pay more attention to marketing competition and new image .The purpose of this study are as follows¡G 1.Why Farmers¡¦ association in Taiwan conduction CIS¡H 2.To introduce the CIS theories . 3.To evaluate the perceived impacts of CIS for Farmers¡¦ association in Taiwan . 4.Non-conducts and conducts Farmers¡¦ association different in identity item.

Thesis (M. Agr. Sc.)--University of Queensland, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Guo li Taiwan da xue nong ye jing ji xue yan jiu suo. / Cover title. Includes bibliographical references.

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