"Enormous changes are affecting African production agriculture, urbanization, and food consumption patterns, requiring new approaches to training and knowledge generation and dissemination to achieve food security. Many agricultural universities and other tertiary agricultural e…
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African agricultural universities are transforming themselves and achieving success in tackling the problems of production agriculture, urbanization and food consumption patterns. Adaptive strategies are creating an internal culture driven by stakeholder needs to improve the qua…
Cooperative Extension, the United States Department of Agriculture’s educational outreach program, is found in nearly 100% of US counties, but can only be found in a tiny percentage, less than 10%, of Indigenous communities (Brewer, Hiller, Burke, & Teegerstrom, 2016; NCAI, 2010…
This sourcebook draws on the emerging principles of Agricultural Innovation System (AIS) analysis and action to help to identify, design, and implement the investments, approaches, and complementary interventions that appear most likely to strengthen innovation systems and promo…
Ever since the eighteenth century, experts have tried to tell farmers how to farm. The agricultural enlightenment in Europe marked the beginning of a long arc of new experts aiming to change agricultural knowledge and practice. This dissertation analyzes the pivotal period in th…
Poverty and food insecurity in low-income countries are at the heart of the current agenda of the international community. The first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) aims to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, with a target of halving the incidence of poverty and hunger by 20…
The Florida 4-H Youth Development program provides youth with opportunities to develop life skills through several different delivery methods including clubs, school enrichment, camping, and teen civic engagement and leadership programs. The Florida 4-H Legislature program is a …
Biological control program strategies are initiated to protect natural resources, agriculture, and other human interests. One recent biological control program is the statewide effort to control the Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) in Florida. Arriving from Africa and Asia in 19…
This study identified leadership behaviors exhibited by undergraduate students enrolled in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) at the University of Florida in Gainesville. The study also examined the relationship between the current and previous leadership exper…
Indigenous farming communities in Indonesia and around the world have probably lived the way they always have: relying on the knowledge and skills they learned from their parents and neighbors. Indigenous communities are not static; they include inventors and innovators who brin…
The purpose of this qualitative study was to initiate understanding of how obesity in the South is still so prevalent even though the majority of inhabitants subscribe to a faith that discourages unhealthy lifestyles. Furthermore, the information presented in this research sough…
There is an extensive and complex history of agricultural and educational systems within the United States. Indigenous peoples maintained highly developed agricultural systems prior to colonization. After colonization, Indigenous and European systems converged in a battle of pow…
Scope and method of study. Agricultural Higher Education Institutions in Ethiopia have not been successful in bringing a significant positive impact upon the rural communities in terms of research and extension. This study was designed to investigate the organization and operati…
The purpose of this study was to describe the adoptive behavior of Ohio apple growers on selected IPM practices. The specific objectives of the study were to: (a) describe Ohio apple growers on selected demographic characteristics, (b) determine the level of adoption of IPM prac…
Brazil has been recognized as one of the largest agricultural producing countries in the world. The Northeast region of the Rio Grande do Sul State has predominantly small farms in the rural area. This study was conducted to describe the perceived farm management educational nee…
Sustainable agriculture extension programs are mandated worldwide to foster the implementation of sustainable agriculture practices. The current Saudi agriculture policy is related to sustainable agriculture development and mandates related agricultural extension programs. There…
Saudi Arabia and Tucson, Arizona are both surrounded by desert and rely on groundwater. Both places also suffer from similar types of water shortage problems. The average water usage, in gallons per person per day, in Tucson is 160. In contrast, in Saudi Arabia this figure is 26…