Sociological concepts and agricultural development
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desenvolvimento agrícola, comunidade rural, diferenciação estrutural, adoção tecnológica, profissionalismo em liderançaResumo
The study attempted to identify the association between the adoption of modern agricultural technology and two structural variables, community structural differentiation and the professionalism of leadership. A purposive stratified sample of farm owners in São Paulo provided data for the index of agricultural technology being used.
Preliminary analysis failed to identify any statistically significant association between the variables examined. By analyzing the farmers separately — by the types of enterprises they had, however, significant association was identified. The professionalism of leadership was found to be positively related to the use of modern technology among crop farmers. Livestock farmers, who use minimal amounts of modern technology, were not significantly associated with this trend. From the present analysis no evidence was found that would associate community structural differentiation with the use of modem agricultural technology by the community members involved in farming.
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