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to intensive double cropping and rice cultivation systems;
data on soil and climate conditions, and land preparation,
and an evaluation of rainfed rice cultivation in mangrove
soil.
254. France, Ecole Sup~rieure d'Agronomie Tropicale. Encadrement du
Paysannant et Vulgarisation Agricole au Sgn~gal: Elements d'une
Evaluation et Perspectives. Nogent-sur-Marne: Ecole Suptreu-re
d'Agronomie Tropicale, 1978.
The failure of classical extension methods to help peasants
include factor prices which are not conducive to crop intensification
and diversification, and lack of access to credit and
supplies necessary to carry out the advice of extension agents.
255. Hopkins, Elizabeth. Wolof Farmers in Senegal: A Study of Responses to
an Agricultural Extension Scheme. Brighton: University of
Sussex, 1975 (unpublished Ph.D. thesis).
Linear programming analysis of farmers' responses to an
extension scheme in southern Sine-Saloum which suggests that
the extension scheme failed to increase groundnut and grain
output because the recommended techniques were unsuitable and
not because farmers were unwilling to accept new techniques.
Concludes that resource constraints prevent most farmers from
adopting recommended techniques and that better returns can be
achieved by utilizing available resources less intensively, and
by expanding the range of crops grown.
256. International Agricultural Development Service/ISRA. Senegal: Agricultural
Research Review. Dakar: ISRA, December 1976, 94 p.
Report on an ISRA-IADS study team on agricultural research
and development activities in Senegal. The report recommends
that ISRA concentrate its activities on coordinated, commodityoriented
projects and on production-oriented problems. The
report also recommends the reorganization of ISRA into departments
of crop science, animal science, farming systems, forestry,
oceanography, economic and social research, and support services.
The study team also suggests that ISRA create six research
regions in Senegal based on ecological conditions, each provided
with a regional research center, one or more experimental stations,
and several outlying research sites.
257. International Agricultural Development Service (IADS). Senegal Agricultural
Research Project. Dakar: Delegation Generale de la
Recherche Scientifique et Technique, July 1979, 84 p.
Proposal to (1) strengthen national research capabilities
through a more efficient organization and supporting services