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Degrees vs Skills: The Way Forward to Developing Rural Societies in Africa
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Uleanya, Chinaza; Ajani, Oluwatoyin Ayodele; Momah, Euriel – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2022
Lack of development in different societies of the world has been attributed to university education in recent times. Degrees are envisaged to be synonymous to skill acquisitions which are expected to be reflected in the society. Meanwhile, it remains controversial whether university education is actually responsible for development of skills and…
Descriptors: Academic Degrees, Skill Development, Rural Development, Foreign Countries
A Review of Innovation Systems Framework as a Tool for Gendering Agricultural Innovations: Exploring Gender Learning and System Empowerment
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Kingiri, Ann N. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2013
Purpose: To reflect on the opportunities that a systems understanding of innovation provides for addressing gender issues relevant to women, and to provide some insight on how these might be tackled. Approach: Review of literature relating to gender issues and how they relate to achieving, on the one hand, equity and efficiency goals, and on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Systems Approach, Innovation, Agriculture
Factors in the Transfer of Governance-Facilitation Skills within Farmers' Marketing Organizations in Uganda
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Miiro, Richard F.; Mazur, Robert E.; Matsiko, Frank B. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: Training transfer has been examined for formal industrial and service organizations in developed countries but rarely for rural organizations in sub-Saharan Africa. This study sought to identify transfer system factors that best explain the transfer of governance-facilitation skills provided to leaders of farmers' marketing organizations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Transfer of Training, Marketing
Engineering Education for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa
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Adewumi, B. A. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2008
Agricultural Engineering has transformed agricultural practices from subsistence level to medium and large-scale production via mechanisation in the developed nations. This has reduced the labour force requirements in agriculture; increased production levels and efficiency, product shelf life and product quality; and resulted into…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Water Quality, Water, Conservation (Environment)
Helping Them to Help Themselves: Case Study of an Integrated Popular Theatre Approach in Africa
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Chinyowa, Kennedy C. – Research in Drama Education, 2007
An outstanding problem that has haunted most development workers in Africa has been how to effectively engage rural communities who often have no access to modern technological media like newspapers, radio, television, video and film. The tendency has been for development workers to resort to top-down or blueprint development approaches that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Popular Education, Rural Population
Agriculture and HIV/AIDS: A Challenge for Integrated and Interactive Approaches
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Swaans, Kees; Broerse, Jacqueline; Bunders, Joske – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2006
One of the main problems in Southern Africa in relation to HIV/AIDS is food insecurity. The vicious relation between malnutrition, HIV infection and AIDS impact drives individuals, households and communities in a downwards spiral of impoverishment. Although scientists and development practitioners have stressed the importance of interactive…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Foreign Countries, Agriculture, Rural Development