Arthur T. Mosher

Arthur Theodore Mosher (October 4, 1910 – September 27, 1992), was an American agriculture development specialist who was the president of the Agricultural Development Council and the Principal of the Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (at the time it was called Allahabad Agricultural Institute) in India.

Early life and work Mosher was originally from Ames, Iowa, receiving his bachelor's and master's degrees in agriculture and agriculture economics from the University of Illinois and a doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago. and the introduction of "Jamuna Par Punar yojna", the extension project of recruiting workers at the village level.

Getting Agriculture Moving In 1965, while Director of CECA-ADC, he wrote Getting Agriculture Moving: essentials for development and modernization which was translated into many languages and promoted a "modernization theory" In his writing, Mosher identified five components necessary for successful rural and agricultural development, which was by 1987 "particularly influential" in promoting a "systems analysis" approach to development that recognizes complex interactions. The framework developed from a series of individual papers. Timmer and others place Mosher's focus on "getting agriculture moving" as appropriate for the first of four phases of development.

Personal life Mosher was married to Alice (née Wynne Hall) and together they had four children, Anne, William, Ted, and Richard. Mosher lived in Ithaca, New York for several years before moving to Black Mountain, North Carolina where he died in 1992.

Awards Presidential World Without Hunger Award (1984) American Agricultural Economics Association - Fellow (1976)

Selected bibliography Getting Agriculture Moving: essentials for development and modernization Training manual for group study of Getting agriculture moving Selected readings to accompany Getting agriculture moving, co authored with Raymond Borton Case Studies to Accompany Getting Agriculture Moving, co authored with Borton Getting agriculture moving; how modern farming can provide a better life, co authored with Deborah Homes Technical co-operation in Latin-American agriculture Serving agriculture as an administrator An introduction to agricultural extension Images of development : theirs and ours The story of Ram Lal, God's partner; the meaning and application of Christianity to village life Source book of rural missions. Volume 1, Selected readings, contributor This is India