Extension for Profit
Agents and Sharecropping in the Highlands of Ecuador
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2499347 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L Van Crowder, L V Crowder (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-42 |
| Publication date | 1991-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.50.1.g741563256051268 |
| OpenAlex | W2002899276 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
Profit motive distinguishes private agricultural extension from (government) extension. Usually, private extension services are provided farmers for a fee or as a production investment while government services are provided free of charge as a public good. Sometimes, however, government extension agents engage in particularist extension, providing services, often through patron/client relationships, for personal benefit. In the highlands of Ecuador, extension agents sharecrop with small farmers for profit. This article looks at the institutional aspects of extension for profit, agent and farmer motivations for entering into arrangements, technology introduction through agent/farmer sharecropping, and how choice of sharecropping clients may increase social stratification among Ecuadorian small farmers
Agriculture · Archaeology · Economics · Extension (predicate logic) · Geography · Microeconomics · Profit (economics) · Profit motive · Sharecropping · Sociology · Computer Science · Cooperative Studies and Economics · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought · Social Sciences and Humanities
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2000 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |