8. Suggestions for action

 (a) Coordination (p. 43)

 A small farm component of both the national and regional research,

 extension and higher education planning committees should be

 established for three years to serve as a coordinating unit.

 (b) Research (pp. 43-44)

 Research should be increased by $10 million with $7 million

 devoted to nontechnology research and about $3 million for

 technology research. The nontechnology research should focus on

 identification of the characteristics of small farms and small-

 scale farm families along with work identified under the categories

 "Cammunity Infrastructure" and "Quality of Life." Additional

 increases in technology research beyond those recommended should

 not be made until the results of SEA-AR's conference on small

 farm technology are available.

 (c) Extension (pp. 44-45)

 There are currently $5 million in Extension funds devoted to the

 special pilot projects. It is recommended that the program be

 increased to $10 million and, coupled with the increased research,

 a formal evaluation of the program be undertaken over the next

 three years.

 (d) Data on small farm activity (pp. 46-47)

 Special category codes should be added to the Current Research

 Information System (CRIS) classification scheme to permit identifi-

 cation of the relationship of research to farm size. The proposed

 small farm subcommittee of the national and regional extension

 planning committees should devote immediate attention to


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