Privatization of information and agricultural industrialization
By: edited by Steven A. Wolf.
Contributors: Wolf, Steven A.; Soil and Water Conservation Society (U.S.)
Publisher: CRC Press; Soil and Water Conservation Society
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boca Raton, Fla; [Ankeny, Iowa]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Agriculture -- Technology transfer -- United States -- Congresses.; Agricultural extension work -- United States -- Congresses.; Communication in agriculture -- United States -- Congresses.; Privatization -- United States -- Congresses.
Description: Privatization of Information and Agricultural Industrialization identifies the basis and implications of the ongoing shift from public to private sector control of agricultural information. Privatization of information raises meaningful social, economic, and environmental concerns deserving of immediate attention by analysts, advocates, policy makers, and those with a direct economic stake in agriculture.

The objectives of the book are to elucidate economic processes associated with agricultural information; describe historical and emerging structures and patterns of institutional relations in agriculture; and define economic, social, and environmental implications of contemporary dynamics of public-private relations specific to agricultural information.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book is a product of a workshop held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on October 25-26, 1995"--Pref.