Background
Jones, William Orville was born on July 6, 1910 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Son of Ralph Wilson and Nelle (McFall) Jones.
(The book grows out of a multidisciplinary investigation o...)
The book grows out of a multidisciplinary investigation of certain aspects of African agriculture initiated in 1966, but its genesis is much earlier than that. Bruce Johnston and I had been interested in African agricultural development for some time, and we were becoming increasingly aware of our own inadequacies when trying to understand why certain innovations succeeded and others failed. We were completely disenchanted with explanations of failure that leaned heavily on "peasant conservation: or "African consumerism. " While we recognized that there were social and cultural differences between African and Western societies, we ourselves did not have the expertise to judge how these differences might affect farmers economic resposess.
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Jones, William Orville was born on July 6, 1910 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Son of Ralph Wilson and Nelle (McFall) Jones.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Nebraska, 1932; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Nebraska, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford, 1947.
With, Standard Oil Corporation, Nebraska, 1933-1934;
With, Graybar Elec. Company, Inc., 1935-1938;
acting instructor economics, Stanford, 1940-1941;
acting instructor economics, U. Santa Clara, California, 1942;
associate instructor ground school training, Pre-Flight School, Santa Ana Army Air Base, 1942-1944;
member of faculty, Stanford, 1944-1975;
economist, professor, Stanford, 1953-1975;
executive secretary, Food Research Institute, 1955-1962;
director institute, Food Research Institute, 1964-1972;
editor, Food Research Institute Studies, 1970-1975;
associate editor, Food Research Institute Studies, 1980-1990. Consultant World Bank, 1974-1975, 78, 84-85, Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute, 1975, International Institute Tropical Agriculture, 1976, United States Agency for International Development, 1976-1977, Ford Foundation, 1978, Food Research Institute, since 1978.
President Consumers Coop.Soc. Palo Alto, 1952-1953. Member advisory council on Africa Bureau African Affairs, State Department, 1962-1968.
Member Africa science board National Academy Sciences-National Research Council, 1961-1968. Member joint committee African studies Social Science Research Council-American Council Learned Socs., 1960-1971, chairman, 1965-1968.
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Board of directors Consumers Cooperative Society Palo Alto, 1951-1953. Member American Economics Association, Western Economics Association (president 1961-1962), African Studies Association (president 1960-1961), American, Western farm economics associations, International Association Agricultural Economists, Society Economics Anthropology, International Society Tropical Root Crops.
Married Kay Kelly, October 4, 1943. Children: Peter Richard, Stephen Robert, Brian Kelly.