four areas: (1) fruit, vegetable, and nut; (2) livestock and poultry;

(3) forage; and (4) ornamental horticulture. These subsystems need

to be area specific for different regions of the county. Also needed

is an overall farm management approach to pull together the various

production and marketing opportunities, including potential enterprise

combinations of the above subsystems, into a framework which includes

off-farm income opportunities of family members.

Community Infrastructure

 To what extent do institutions external to the market (credit,

information, service, etc.) serve the needs of small-scale farmers

and what are the factors that may hinder utilization of these insti-

tutions by small-scale operators?

 Numerous research and education issues may be cited, including

the following:

 (a) What institutional procedures may be developed for obtaining

 inputs at lower cost (e.g., cooperative buying, machinery

 leasing)?

 (b) What is the optimal use of the small-scale farm operator's

 time in obtaining and learning to apply new technical

 information?

 (c) What are the barriers to use of existing technical infor-

 mation by small farms?

 (d) What is the cost effectiveness of alternative strategies

 for delivering technical information to small-scale farmers,

 and what are the factors related to the success or failure

 Of alternative strategies?