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Integrating and Institutionalizing Lessons Learned: Reorganizing Agricultural Research and Extension
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Goletti, Francesco; Pinners, Elise; Purcell, Timothy; Smith, Dominic – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2007
The majority of the population of Vietnam lives in rural areas and depends on agriculture for their livelihood. Consistent growth of the agriculture sector over the past two decades has contributed to a remarkable reduction in the poverty rate and the virtual elimination of hunger in the rural areas of Vietnam. In order to continue the growth…
Descriptors: Poverty, Agricultural Education, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Agriflection: A Learning Model for Agricultural Extension in South Africa
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Worth, S. H. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2006
Prosperity--continuous and sustainable wealth creation--is an elusive goal in South African smallholder agriculture. This paper suggests that agricultural extension can facilitate realising this objective if an appropriate approach to extension can be developed. To develop such an approach requires that the definition of extension and the…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Foreign Countries, Learning Theories, Agriculture
Community Programs and Women's Participation: The Chinese Experience. Working Paper.
Coady, David; Dai, Xinyi; Wang, Limin – 2001
A community development program in rural China aimed to enhance women's economic and social opportunities as a means of lowering fertility rates. The program involved agricultural seminars and extension services, organized cultural and entertainment activities, and political meetings. Village leaders took part in seminars on community development,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Development, Community Programs, Family Income
Rural Economic Revitalization: The Cooperative Extension Challenge in the North Central Region.
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Pigg, Kenneth E. – 1986
The difficulties presently being faced by rural communities in the North Central Extension Region are well known. Many of these communities have economies which are closely tied to farming and therefore suffer economic hardship in direct relationship to those encountered by farmers. However, a dominant characteristic of communities in the region…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Action, Community Development, Economic Factors
Farm Foundation Annual Report, 2000.
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Farm Foundation, Oak Brook, IL. – 2000
The Farm Foundation was established in 1933 as a private agency to help coordinate the work of other public and private groups and agencies to improve agriculture and rural life without taking political positions or supporting specific legislation. An operating rather than a grant-making foundation, the foundation develops national and regional…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Trends, Annual Reports
Increasing Understanding of Public Problems and Policies, 1995.
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Halbrook, Steve A., Ed.; Merry, Carroll E., Ed. – 1996
This document contains abstracts and the complete texts of 19 papers that were presented at a conference held to improve the policy education efforts of extension workers responsible for public affairs programs. The following papers are included: "Microwave Society and Crock-Pot Government" (Bill Graves); "Citizen Participation,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education