An Agricultural Videotext System: The Green Thumb Pilot Study.

Clearfield, Frank; Warner, Paul D.

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Publication Date: 1984

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An Agricultural Videotext System: The Green Thumb Pilot Study.

Clearfield, Frank; Warner, Paul D.

Rural Sociology, v49 n2 p284-97 Sum 1984

Reports on Green Thumb, a government-sponsored, university-operated, computer-based videotext system that disseminated agricultural information to 200 Kentucky farmers for 13 months. Findings suggest that adoption of videotext systems may follow a different adoption pattern than other farming innovations. (MH)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adoption (Ideas), Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Trends, Delivery Systems, Farmers, Higher Education, Information Dissemination, Information Services, Innovation, Multivariate Analysis, Online Systems, Research Methodology, Rural Extension, Videotex

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Audience: Policymakers; Researchers

Language: English

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