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Direct linkMudege, Netsayi N.; Chevo, Tafadzwa; Nyekanyeka, Ted; Kapalasa, Eliya; Demo, Paul – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2016
Purpose: This paper explores the interaction between extension services and gender relations in order to suggest ways and strategies that can be useful in ensuring that extension services are gender-equitable and empowering for women. Design/Methodology/Approach: In total, 35 sex-disaggregated focus group discussions with farmers, and 4 interviews…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Skills, Rural Extension
Weissman, Evan – Environmental Education Research, 2015
Driven by social and environmental criticism of the neoliberalization of agro-food systems, urban agriculture today enjoys renewed interest throughout the United States as a primary space to engage the politics of food. Using Brooklyn, New York as a case study, I employ mixed qualitative methods to investigate the contradictions that arise in…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Neoliberalism, Urban Youth, Youth Programs
Okry, Florent; Van Mele, Paul; Houinsou, Felix – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2014
Purpose: This article evaluates the dissemination and use of rice training videos by radio stations, farmers, farmer associations and extension services in Benin. It pays attention to positive deviants and process innovation within a "hands-off experiment". Design/methodology/approach: Using questionnaires and checklists we interviewed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Video Technology, Interviews
Klingen, Klarien Elisabeth; De Graaff, Jan; Botelho, Maria Izabel Vieira; Kessler, Aad – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: Why do farmers not take better care of their soils? This article aims to give insight into how farmers look at soil quality management. Design/methodology/approach: It analyses diverse land management practices and visions on soils and soil quality of ten agroecological and 14 conventional smallholder farmers in Araponga, Minas Gerais,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hypothesis Testing, Public Policy, Policy Formation
Download full textIke, Nwachukwu; Roseline, Onuegbu – Journal of Technology Studies, 2007
This paper evaluated the level of adoption of aquaculture technology extended to farmers in Imo State, Nigeria. To improve aquaculture practice in Nigeria, a technology package was developed and disseminated to farmers in the state. This package included ten practices that the farmers were supposed to adopt. Eighty-two respondents were randomly…
Descriptors: Animals, Extension Agents, Foreign Countries, Adoption (Ideas)
Mulder, Martin – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2006
Purpose: The European Commission and social partner organisations at EU level encourage the lifelong development of qualifications and competence. This is reflected in many policy reports and reviews. This paper seeks to show the involvement of social partner organisations at the level of EU-funded competence development projects.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Vocational Education, Competency Based Education, Agricultural Skills
