Frank Vanclay|Luciano Mesiti|Peter Howden
Styles of Farming and Farming Subcultures: Appropriate concepts for Australian rural sociology?
diversity agriculture one axioms rural sociology perhaps important one remains one fully considered physical nature diversity easily accepted farmers grow wheat farmers grow grapes etc social scientists structural diversity also understood farmers rich poor large farms small farmers high debt load low equity others low debt high equity extension science ways invoked diversity basis innovativeness true form diversity extension least traditional models presumed innovations universally applicable ultimately would universally adopted see vanclay lawrence 1994 1995a 1995b however sociocultural basis diversity farming inadequately examined often neglected analyses farming although area growing concern extension particular failed appreciate significance existence sociocultural diversity developing extension programs targeting messages