small farm research and extension programs

small farm research and extension programs Sec. 1440. Section 502 of the Rural Development. Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 671; 7 U.S.C. 2662) is amended by— (1) amending subsection (c) to read as follows: “(c) Small Farm Research Programs.—Small farm research pro-grams shall consist of programs of research to develop new approaches for initiating and upgrading small farmer operations through management techniques, agricultural production techniques, farm machinery technology, new products, new marketing techniques, and small farm finance.”; and (2) adding at the end thereof a new subsection (d) as follows: “(d) Small Farm Extension Programs.—Small farm extension programs shall consist of extension programs to improve operations of small farmers using, to the maximum extent practicable, paraprofessional personnel to work with small farmers on an intensive basis to initiate and improve management techniques, agricultural production techniques, farm machinery technology, marketing techniques, 91 STAT. 1006and small farm finance, and to increase utilization by small farmers of existing services offered by the United States Department of Agriculture and other public and private agencies and organizations.”.