Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 5 |
Descriptor
Extension Education | 28 |
Rural Development | 28 |
Rural Extension | 28 |
Agricultural Education | 9 |
Community Development | 9 |
Foreign Countries | 9 |
Developing Nations | 7 |
Extension Agents | 7 |
Program Development | 6 |
Agriculture | 5 |
Economic Development | 5 |
More ▼ |
Source
Journal of Agricultural… | 4 |
Indian Journal of Adult… | 1 |
Journal of Agricultural… | 1 |
Journal of Extension | 1 |
Author
Coutts, Jeff | 2 |
Abbott, Eric | 1 |
Abigail Borron | 1 |
Alexa Lamm | 1 |
Alyssa Powell | 1 |
Beaulieu, Lionel J. | 1 |
Bettles, F. M. | 1 |
Birch, Colin | 1 |
Botha, Neels | 1 |
Brown, Adell, Jr. | 1 |
Byram, Martin L. | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Education Level
Adult Education | 3 |
Adult Basic Education | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Comprehensive Employment and… | 1 |
Morrill Act 1890 | 1 |
Smith Lever Act | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Alyssa Powell; Kevan Lamm; Abigail Borron; Alexa Lamm – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2023
The 21st century has brought with it unforeseen challenges and influential trends that will have significant impact of the livelihood and wellbeing of Georgia residents. Extension personnel within Georgia can extend their mandate by identifying issues that represent present and near-present threats and use these issues to inform programming and…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Extension Agents, Extension Education, Rural Extension
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
Hunt, Warren; Birch, Colin; Coutts, Jeff; Vanclay, Frank – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: This article outlines the development of extension as a discipline in Australia, its organization, and the ideological changes that have occurred from the second half of the nineteenth century through to the present. Design/Methodology/Approach: It considers the evolution of extension across the different states of Australia from a…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Foreign Countries, Rural Development, Extension Education
Hellin, Jon – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: New approaches to extension service delivery are needed that stimulate increased agricultural production, contribute to collective action and which also foster the emergence of agricultural innovation systems. Research in Peru and Mexico explores some of these new approaches. Design/methodology/approach: In both countries, a qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Rural Extension, Agricultural Production
Botha, Neels; Coutts, Jeff; Roth, Hein – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2008
The aim of this study was to understand the role that agricultural consultants in New Zealand were undertaking in the Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) system--and in particular in relation to environmental extension. New Zealand does not have a public extension service and hence there is a strong reliance on consultants and regional…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Consultants, Incentives, Agricultural Production
Kirby, Edwin L. – 1972
This paper, presented at the Seminar on Involvement of Youth in Community, National 4-H Center, Chevy Chase, Maryland on January 17, 1972, points out the continued interest and national activity concerning rural development. The responsibility of the Extension Service to carry out educational community development programs with adults and youth is…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Organizations, Community Programs, Extension Education

Vaughn, Gerald F. – Journal of Extension, 1971
Author presents a case-study showing how Delaware Extension Service launched an effort to reach the goal of better planned communities through making land-use controls become guidelines for zoning ordinances. He discusses how segments of the community were approached and the positive results of fifteen years of work. (Editor/LF)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Dropouts, Extension Education
Halbrook, Steve A., Ed.; Grace, Teddee E., Ed. – 1994
The annual conference of the National Public Policy Education Committee (NPPEC) is held to improve the policy education efforts of extension workers responsible for public affairs programs. This publication contains 26 conference papers: "Rural America and the Information Revolution: An Exploration of Possibilities and Potentialities"…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Conflict Resolution, Extension Education, Natural Resources
Brown, Adell, Jr. – 1987
The extension role of Tuskegee Institute and the 16 black land grant colleges established by the Morrill Act of 1890 has been to diffuse among the non-university citizens of America useful and practical information on agriculture, home economics, and related areas. Tuskegee's extension efforts began in 1880 and flourished under the leadership of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blacks, Educational History, Extension Education
Byram, Martin L.; And Others – 1986
This manual is intended for extension workers involved in rural development programs in developing nations. The focus is on communication skills and education and is aimed at the trainers of extension workers. There are four main sections with each section divided into units with handouts and activities. Section 1, "Basic Education…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Developing Nations, Extension Agents
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. Inst. for Higher Educational Opportunity. – 1972
Recommendations for maintaining relevant programs which resulted from this meeting of college and university presidents and administrators are applicable to all colleges and universities offering programs of agriculture in the region. Given in this report are two major presentations entitled "The Integration of Knowledge in a Specialized Society"…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, Agriculture, Business, Conference Reports
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State, MS. – 1990
Cooperative Extension Service personnel from 13 Southern states attended a conference on rural revitalization, focusing on Extension's role in (1) economic development, (2) human capital, and (3) infrastructure; 17 of the 22 papers presented are divided among those categories. Three of the remaining papers provide respectively, an overview of the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Extension Education
Beaulieu, Lionel J. – 1987
Since the advent of the 1980s, the economic viability of many farm operations has been severely jeopardized. Although attention has been directed primarily to the Midwest, in many respects farm stress has been greater in the South than in any other region. What is clear, however, is that the crisis is not strictly an agricultural one. Rather, a…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Economic Factors, Extension Education, Federal State Relationship

Fratoe, Frank A. – 1979
The role of education in the human development of rural areas is considered by some to be the single most important thing that can be done to raise rural standards of living. Recognizing this need, the Federal government has sponsored three types of training programs relative to rural development; each is the responsibility of a different agency.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Programs, Extension Education, Government Role
Quesada, Gustavo M. – 1973
Personal interviews were conducted in July, 1967, with 315 farm operators in rural Brazil where the local extension service had been in operation for more than four years. Patron-dependence (PD) was described as the subscription to a value system, according to the individual's position in the status structure, which produces dependency at…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Skills, Communications
Previous Page | Next Page ยป
Pages: 1 | 2