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099		9	_aAIT Thesis no. HS-90-11
100	1		_aMaskey, Rabi Kiran
245	1	0	_aAgricultural service centers as a vehicle for rural development : _ban impact study in the Kosi Hills area development program
260			_aBangkok : _bAsian Institute of Technology, _c1990
300			_a236 p.
490	1		_aThesis ; _vno. HS-90-11
500			_aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science
502			_aThesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1990
520			_aAgriculture development plays a core role in rural development programme. It can be argued that income-generating opportunities which the rural development programme tries to aim, in rural areas, depend directly or indirectly from agriculture sector. In Kosi Hills, the KHARDEP (Kosi Hill Area Rural Development Programme) has taken the strategy of establishing Agriculture Service Centre (ASC) to provide the coordinated service of agricultural extension, inputs and credit to the farmers which is very much in line with HMGN's hill agriculture extension programme under its Decentralization policy. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the progress made by the project in agriculture sector by investigating ASCs role in bringing about change in the agricultural condition of the area. The analysis is based on empirical evidence from three village panchayats of Dhankuta district--- two village panchayats where ASCs are present and are functioning and one village panchayat where there is no ASC. The finding shows that ASCs have been successful in making the farmers aware of improved agriculture practices. However, there is a reluctance on the farmers part to follow up these improved practices. The analysis shows that the improved technology recommended in the area has not provided significant benefit to the farmers. Moreover, due to the lack of coordination of various institution within ASC area, sufficient and timely availability of inputs is a constraint hindering the effectiveness of centres. A greater emphasis is necessary in regard to "appropriate technology package" which should stress on the use of Farm System Analysis as a means of explaining the operation of farm; together with an appropriate support services which , as a whole, can ensure more production and hence more income than the existing practices
650		0	_aRural development _xNepal
650		0	_aAgricultural experiment stations _xNepal
700	1		_aDemaine, Harvey, _eChairperson
700	1		_aWeber, Karl E., _eExamination Committee
700	1		_aWickramanayake, B.W.E., _eExamination Committee
710	2		_aCanadian International Development Agency, _eScholarship Donor
810	2		_aAsian Institute of Technology. _tThesis ; _vno. HS-90-11
856			_3Full-Text _uhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B18436
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