Sociological concepts and agricultural development
Keywords:
desenvolvimento agrícola, comunidade rural, diferenciação estrutural, adoção tecnológica, profissionalismo em liderançaAbstract
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.
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