INVENTORY OF EXISTING SMALL FARM WORK IN I.SEARC.
 EXTENSION, AND HIGHER EDUCATION I/

 Background

 The agricultural extension, research, and higher education system

of USDA and the land-grant institutions has, over the years, recognized

small farm issues in several ways. The focus has included workshops

sponsored by the Southern Extension Farm Management Conmittee, close

cooperation with the small farm demonstration programs sponsored by the

Tennessee Valley Authority, and small farm seminars and special programs

at both the 1890 and 1862 land-grant institutions and Tuskegee.

 Many states have a large number of small-scale farmers who benefit

from general purpose research and extension programs. Efforts are

underway to increase the utility of these general programs to small-

scale farmers. At the same time, the agricultural research, extension,

and higher education system is beginning to develop a more specific body

of knowledge and a methodology for focusing this knowledge on the

technological needs of small-scale farmers so that they may enhance

their income with less reliance on traditional income maintenance

programs. The States have exhibited a willingness to address this at the

local level. The Federal input traditionally has been in the form of a


 T/ his section draws heavily from: (1) "The Science and Education
 Administration's Research and Extension Programs for Small Farms,"
 a Report Prepared for the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
 Development, and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations,
 U.S. House of Representatives, SEA, USDA (March 1, 1979); and
 (2) Jerry G. West, "Agricultural Economics Research and Extension
 Needs of Small-Scale, Limited Resource Farmers," Southern Journal
 of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 49-56 (July 1979),