SYNTHESIS OF NORTH FLORIDA FARMING SYSTEMS PROJECT, 1981-1984.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Executive Summary .................................
Purpose of Synthesis .............................
What FSR/E Is ....................................
History and Social-Economic Characteristics
of Suwannee and Columbia Counties: An
Overview .* .................... ...
Farming Systems: Clientele and Problem-Oriented
Research of heFSR/E Team .......................8
-- Development of the North Florida
FSR/E Project .............................. 8
-- The North Florida FSR/E Clientele ........ 12
-- Clientele Problems and Proposed
Alternatives Identified by the Team ...... 17
Management.................. 23
Drought and Soil Compaction ............. 24
Grain Crops .............................. 25
Fertility ..................... 26
Forage Crops .................. ..26
Other Alternatives .... ... ....... 26
Summary ........o...............*........ 27
Discussion of Research Results ................... 30
Numbers of Cooperators .......................... 37
- Institutional Collaborators ................... 37
-- Farmer Collaborators .... .. ............. .... 39
Organization: Development, Problems
and Proposals ................*.... ....... .... 42
Development of Project ......... ............. 42
-- Team Administration .................. ...... 42
-- Budgets.................................... 47
-- Administrative Problems .....................o 49
- Synopsis of 1983 External Review ............ 53
-- References cited ............................... 54
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