Game theory - aptly described as the scientific approach to poker, business, women and war - has proved to be no cure-all for the conflict situations studied by agricultural economists. Like Marshall, it has had its day. Still, just as in general economics, game theory has provided an alternative framework for the study of a variety of agricultural problems. This paper aims to review these studies. As background, a brief resume of the more important economic theories of decision making in risky situations will first be given, followed by an outline of the pertinent aspects of game theory. Agricultural applications are then considered. A general appraisal - pro and con, past and future - completes the review.

The objectives of the Centre were to give an opportunity to officers of credit institutions and policy makers in the fields of agricultural credit, including cooperative and supervised credit, and in agricultural development programming in Africa to exchange views and experiences, to examine the needs for credit facilities' for farmers and the kind of facilities likely to be most effective. The ultimate objective was to examine the role of credit in stimulating agricultural development in African countries, increasing production and raising the standard of living of the rural population.

Community meetings for the distribution of soil survey reports were held in the Kansas counties of Saline, Geary, and Brown during the years of 1959, 1960, and 1961. Cooperation of the USDA Soil Conservation Service, the USDA Agricultural Stabilization & Conservation Service, the Kansas Agricultural Extension Service, and the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station was essential in the planning and execution of the meetings. Other important elements which made the meetings successful and brought out an average of 480 persons to each of the three series of county meetings included: (1) the selection of local farm leaders to help publicize and conduct the meetings; (2) withholding distribution of the soil survey reports until the meetings; (3) bringing the party chief back to take part; and (4) using visual aids such as soil profile monoliths, soil texture samples, a large colored county soil map, and growing plants to illustrate soil deficiency symptoms.

Big club 60 wheat, a product of the cooperative wheat breeding investigations of the California Agricultural Experiment Station and the U. S. Department of Agriculture, is now offered as an upgraded and branded replacement for Big Club 43. The upgrading involves improvement in the stem rust and barley yellow dwarf virus resistance. The brand is a purple straw.