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Table 9. Budget Requests Identified by On Farm
Versus Research Station Activities.
Expense/year On Farm (5) Station
OE 81-82 22,500 14,300
82-83 23,275 16,875
83-84 19,900 21,460
OPS 81-82 7,900 15,8.0
82-83 6,275 17,012.
83-84 21,110 13,10&
Totals OE+OPS
81-82 102,845
82-83 105,787
83-84 148,515
Administrative Problems
The following is a list of administrative-managerial
problems experienced by the project which can be expected to arise in other farming systems projects in the U.S. Efforts the Florida team took to rectify these problems are described.
l) difficulties existed initially in obtaining support for the project-within IFAS. The FSR/E Project appeared to have been "pushed" into the system and was receiving funding support when the State was decreasing overall funding to IFAS. Failure to educate more faculty about the Project's goals was partially to blame.
Since the first year, various "educational" presentations have been made by the FSR/E team to farm groups, members of IFAS and other organizations. These have taken the forms of FSR/E slide modules, papers read at annual society meetings, television promotions, public annual reviews, published papers, and through research and plan of work reports. Faculty have been encouraged to work with the team in conducting research. Particularly good ties have been established between certain personnel in agronomy, soils science, entymology and pathology.
2) relationships with extension initially were poor. The
team was overly critical of extension outreach. This situation was rectified by working closely with extension in later years, incorporating agents into team planning sessions and the design
of field trials. Extension agents have also hosted farm
meetings in conjunction with the team, and help to publish a
newsletter sent to the area's diversified farm households.
3) turnover on the team has been problematic. This
particularly is in reference to its student membership.