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mixing farming with town employment. In reality, full time farmig is not now nor is it apt to be an alternative for the vast majority of these farmers. A successful program however should be defined as one that provides alternatives within he framework of the part-time farm. Such alternatives must be economical of management time. Today, off-farm income often goes to support the farm. On the future, hopefully, the farm will itself make a positive contribution to family income.
& short-term solution to farm problems involves reducing
management time and capital demands. Unless a truly'profitable enterprise system is developed however, farmers wilZ continue to rely upon non-farm income sources. This expectation leads to this conclusion: there is a need for integrated agricultural and urban-industrial development. Already, the Chambers of Commerce in the region are seeking to attract light-scale industry. The appearance of such industry would probably help to stabilize land values, allow younger people to remain on or obtain a farm,
and develop local markets for such potentially lucrative crops
as vegetables.
Where IFAS can fit in regarding the promotion of integrated
development should be considered.
SUMMARY
Tables 10 and 11 sumarize the types of research activities
which have been or are being conducted by the North PIorida
FSR/E team, relating them in the first table to the
problems/constraints addressed, and in the second to the
enterprise systems most likely to benefit from the research.