Outline




Introduction

 A. The Dynamics of Micro-Development: A Prologue

 B. The Subsistence Farmer

 I. The Responsiveness of Subsistence Farmers

 II. Sources of Resistance to Technological Change

 III. Risk and Uncertainty in the Context of Subsistence Agriculture

 A. The Causes of Risk and the Sources of Uncertainty

 B. The Role of Subsistence Standards and Levels of Living

 C. Types of Subsistence Farmers

 D. The Dynamic Interaction of Risk, Uncertainty and Subsistence
 upon Technological Innovation

 IV. Conclusion

 A. Some Puzzles Explained

 B. Some Policy and Program Implications