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Board of Governors, State University System of Florida, 2017
The State University System of Florida Board of Governor's Annual Accountability Report provides retrospective year-over-year and longer time periods of tracking for how the System is progressing toward its goals. This Annual Accountability Report provides information regarding the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) from…
Descriptors: Accountability, Universities, Agricultural Education, State Universities
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Lamie, R. David; Barkley, David L.; Markley, Deborah M. – Journal of Extension, 2011
Rural small businesses struggling against the current of competition from "big box" retailers, weak consumer demand, and on-line shopping options must find strategies that work. Many are finding that adoption of e-commerce strategies is a key to survival, even prosperity. This article highlights the lessons learned from a recent case study…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Small Businesses, Internet, Online Systems
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Schad, Iven; Roessler, Regina; Neef, Andreas; Zarate, Anne Valle; Hoffmann, Volker – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2011
This study aims to analyze the potential and constraints of group-based extension approaches as an institutional innovation in the Vietnamese agricultural extension system. Our analysis therefore unfolds around the challenges of how to foster this kind of approach within the hierarchical extension policy setting and how to effectively shape and…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, Institutional Environment
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Koutsou, Stavriani; Partalidou, Maria – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: This paper examines new coalitions for knowledge diffusion and innovations of young farmers. Understanding their patterns and the factors influencing their cooperative and innovating norms is crucial in improving these young farmers' positioning in the agricultural knowledge and information system. Design/methodology/approach: Drawing on…
Descriptors: Innovation, Agricultural Occupations, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
Sorber, Nathan M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation examines the formation, reformation, and standardization of land-grant colleges in the Northeastern United States during the last four decades of the nineteenth century. It is a history that explores the turbulent origins of land-grant colleges in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont,…
Descriptors: Land Grant Universities, Educational History, United States History, College Curriculum
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Charatsari, Chrysanthi; Papadaki-Klavdianou, Afroditi; Michailidis, Anastasios – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2011
This study assessed farmers' willingness to pay for and spend time attending an Agricultural Educational Program (AEP). Primary data on the demographic and socio-economic variables of farmers were collected from 355 farmers selected randomly from Northern Greece. Descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis methods were used in order to meet…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Multivariate Analysis, Foreign Countries, Paying for College
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Sseguya, Haroon; Mazur, Robert; Abbott, Eric; Matsiko, Frank – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: To examine the status and priorities for agricultural information generation, dissemination and utilization in the context of agricultural innovation systems in southeast Uganda. Design/Methodology/Approach: Group discussions were conducted with six communities in Kamuli district, southeast Uganda. The focus was on information sources and…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Information Sources, Rural Development, Innovation
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Faure, Guy; Rebuffel, Pierre; Violas, Dominique – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2011
In West Africa, advisory services for family farms have been promoted to better address producers' needs. The paper aims to show that these services can be understood as a system whose functioning is strongly determined by the financing mechanisms, the governance mechanisms put in place, the quality of human resources delivering advice, and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Programs, Intervention, Case Studies
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Islam, Md. Mofakkarul; Gray, David; Reid, Janet; Kemp, Peter – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2011
The limited effectiveness and fiscal unsustainability of professional-led public sector extension systems in developing countries have aroused considerable interest in Farmer-led Extension (FLE) approaches in the recent decades. A key challenge facing these initiatives is a lack of sustainability of the farmer groups developed through project or…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Human Capital, Agricultural Occupations, Holistic Approach
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Flynn, Allison; Frick, Martin; Steele, Douglas – Journal of Extension, 2010
Studies on the impact of 4-H on former members generally use alumni as one cohort. In rural states, such as Montana, it is important to understand the impact of 4-H on alumni in these rural areas and the role 4-H plays in community involvement. The study reported here sought to determine the perception of current community leaders in rural Montana…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Community Involvement, Alumni, Rural Areas
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Morera, Maria C.; Monaghan, Paul F.; Galindo-Gonzalez, Sebastian; Tovar-Aguilar, J. Antonio; Roka, Fritz M.; Asuaje, Cesar – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2014
Educating farm labor supervisors about the regulations that govern agricultural operations and employment is critical to reducing unintentional violations of workplace safety and labor laws. Cooperative Extension can provide the training needed to professionalize this vital and diverse workforce. One challenge to providing adult education to a…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Extension Education, Adult Education, Agricultural Education
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Farrell, Maura; McDonagh, John – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: The article explores the significance of "evaluation" in the delivery of multifunctional extension advisory programmes and argues the necessity of integrating evaluation into programme planning, to ensure that programme guidelines are adhered to and extension advisory programmes generate their desired impact. The article focuses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fidelity, Evaluation Research, Agricultural Occupations
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McKim, Billy R.; Torres, Robert M. – Journal of Extension, 2011
Perceptions of 4-H youth development personnel regarding interorganizational cooperation were studied between the perceived and desired levels of cooperative activities between 4-H youth development personnel and secondary agriculture teachers. Results indicated that 4-H youth development personnel wanted higher levels of coordinated efforts…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Agricultural Education, Institutional Cooperation, Youth Opportunities
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Young, David; Weinert, Clarann; Spring, Amber – Journal of Extension, 2012
The demographic and socioeconomic impacts of the baby boomer generation turning 65 in 2011 will be magnified in rural areas where elderly are already disproportionately represented. The overall goal of a collaborative, community-based project was to improve the health literacy, health outcomes, and overall well-being of rural elderly in four…
Descriptors: Well Being, Older Adults, Rural Extension, Health Education
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Ochterski, Jim; Frenay, Erica – Journal of Extension, 2010
Many beginning farmers have little previous contact with Extension, yet they will comprise an important part of our future base of support. We present those educational activities directed toward beginning farmers that represent high impact, outcome-based Extension programming, given an educator's time limitations. This checklist of insights will…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Agricultural Occupations, Change Strategies, Extension Agents
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