Laws relating to vocational education and agricultural extension work : vol. II, 92d through 95th Congress /

Mode of access: Internet.

A history of agricultural extension work in the United States, 1785-1923.

Contribution from Extension service.

Agricultural extension work : Hearings before the committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Seventieth Congress, first session, on S. 1285 and H. R. 9495 ... March 28-29, 1928.

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Measuring the progress of extension work : a study of 304 farms and farm homes in Vermilion County, Ill., 1928 /

"May 1929."

Cooperative extension work.

At head of title: U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics.

At head of title: U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Extension legislation; legislation for establishing agricultural extension services in various countries.

Prepared at the request of Agency for International Development, by the division's Foreign Education Branch.

Federal legislation, regulations, and rulings affecting cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics.

"Originally issued September 1937."

Federal legislation, regulations, and rulings affecting cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics.

"September 1937."

Federal legislation, regulations, and rulings affecting cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics.

Caption title.

Extension work with young men and women.

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Bulletin - Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg. Agricultural Extension Service.

Some no. in rev. editions.

AG15 (Sustainable Agricultural State-level Investment Program) natural resource management extension in irrigated cotton and grain

Natural Resource Management project developing reources and supporting best practice management for irrigated cotton and grain growers in Queensland.

Farmer experience of pluralistic agricultural extension, Malawi

Purpose: Malawi’s current extension policy supports pluralism and advocates responsiveness to farmer demand. We investigate whether smallholder farmers’ experience supports the assumption that access to multiple service providers leads to extension and advisory services that respond to the needs of farmers. Design/methodology/approach: Within a case study approach, two villages were purposively selected for in-depth qualitative analysis of available services and farmers’ experiences. Focus group discussions were held separately with male and female farmers in each village, followed by semi-structured interviews with 12 key informants selected through snowball sampling. Transcripts were analysed by themes and summaries of themes were made from cross case analysis. Findings: Farmers appreciate having access to a variety of sources of technical advice and enterprise specific technology. However, most service providers continue to dominate and dictate what they will offer. Market access remains a challenge, as providers still emphasize pushing a particular technology to increase farm productivity rather than addressing farmers’ expressed needs. Although farmers work in groups, providers do not seek to strengthen these to enable active interaction and to link them to input and produce markets. This limits farmers’ capacity to continue with innovations after service providers pull out. Poor coordination between providers limits exploitation of potential synergies amongst actors. Practical implications: Services providers can adapt their approach to engage farmers in discussion of their needs and work collaboratively to address them. At a system level, institutions that have a coordination function can play a more dynamic role in brokering interaction between providers and farmers to ensure coverage and responsiveness. Originality/value: The study provides a new farmer perspective on the implementation of extension reforms.

Notebook in extension history, objectives and staff functions, developed in special summer school courses at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, Stillwater, Oklahoma, June 6-25, 1955. Karl Knaus, Instructor.

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