APPENDIX TABLE 1


Total Publicly Funded Agricultural Research Effort
 with Research Activity Directly Related to Samll


Carpared
Farms*


 Number
 of
Type of Research Projects


Scientist
 Years


Total
Funds
(000$1


Federally
Appropriated
Funds (000$1.


State and
Other Funds
 (000$1


Total State and Federal


Total in State Agricultural
 Experiment Stations

 Social Science Oriented Small
 Farm Research: **

 1862 Institutions
 1890 Institutions

 Technology Oriented Small
 Farm Research: **

 1862 Institutions
 1890 Institutions

 Total Small Farm Research: **

 Projects Classified as
 Marginal to Small Farm
 Research Problems


25,730 10,983,4


20,725


6,556,7


10,2
5.3


3,7
7,9

27,1



8.9


* Total research effort is from SEA/CR published data
 data is from CRIS forms for fiscal 1977.


for fiscal 1977 while small


farm research fund


** All CRIS forms in any way identifying small farms as subject of inquiry were examined and only those
 judged to be of direct relevance to small farms were included, Only projects at 1862 and 1890
 Land Grant Institutions were included.
Source: Jerry G. West, "Agricultural Economics Research and Extension Needs for Small-Scale, Limited
 Resource Farmers," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol, 11, No, 1, pp, 49-56 (July 1979).


1,004,086


 594,230


606
404


 215
 331

1,556



 888


514,343


117,686


322
397


 3
219.

941



600


489,743


416/544
 f


284
 7


212
112

615



288


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