Point Four, Utah State University Technicians, and Rural Development in Iran, 1950–64
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12243545 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jessie L Embry (Brigham Young University, corresponding author), Jessie Embry |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 99-113 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rural History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0956-7933 • E-ISSN: 1474-0656 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0956793303000050 |
| OpenAlex | W2143394590 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In 1950 Iran and the United States signed the first Point Four agreement, establishing a program now known as USAID. It fulfilled President Harry S. Truman's desire to control the Soviet bloc and to share technology with third world countries. Utah State University contracted with the U.S. Point Four program to provide technicians in agriculture from 1951 to 1954. This paper examines the successes and the frustrations that the Utahns felt in transporting technology to Iran. While there were some successes, the cultural and economic difficulties were hard to overcome. As a result, the technicians in the 1960s experienced the same problems faced by those in the 1950s. These included a negative reaction to farm machinery in a land with many laborers, problems training machinery operators, and language barriers
Agriculture · Archaeology · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Management · Point (geometry · Political science · State (computer science · Computer Science · Islamic Studies and History · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2020 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |