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Critical Issues Facing Georgia Residents: An Application of the Delphi Technique and Community Capitals Framework
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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
Listenership of Radio Agricultural Broadcasts in Southwestern Nigeria
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Emmanuel, Adekoya Adegbenga; Olabode, Badiru Idris – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2012
Agricultural broadcasts on radio play a major role in agricultural extension and rural development in Nigeria due to the low ratio of extension agents in relation to the farming population. The broadcasts have been on air for some time and therefore there is a need to investigate their acceptance among the rural dwellers in Southwestern Nigeria.…
Descriptors: Extension Agents, Rural Extension, Foreign Countries, Rural Development
Basic Extension Skills Training (BEST): A Responsive Approach to Integrated Extension for Rural Development in Botswana
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Gboku, Matthew L. S.; Modise, Oitshepile M. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2008
In a rapidly changing society like Botswana, the competition for employment, training and progression on the job has become very high. The development of skills is therefore a crucial and integral part of nation building, which needs a direct link to a training programme to continuously help staff to cope with the different needs they meet in the…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Rural Extension, Extension Agents, Rural Areas
Constraints Affecting ICT Utilization by Agricultural Extension Officers in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
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Akpabio, I. A.; Okon, D. P.; Inyang, E. B. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2007
The study focused on constraints affecting the utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for agricultural extension activities by Agricultural Extension Officers in Nigeria's Niger Delta Region. Data were derived from 160 extension officers affiliated to both public and private extension organizations in four states of the…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Factor Analysis, Information Technology, Foreign Countries
Linkage of Higher Education with Agricultural Research, Extension and Development in Ethiopia
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Belay, Kassa – Higher Education Policy, 2008
High-level agricultural manpower training in Ethiopian institutions of higher education (AIHE)specializing in agriculture and related fields was studied. The study reveals that high-level agricultural manpower training began in the early 1950s and that, at present, the country has seven institutions of higher learning, which train students in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Agriculture, Extension Agents
Learning in Agriculture: Rural Development Agents in France Caught between a Job Identity and a Professional Identity
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Albaladejo, Christophe; Couix, Nathalie; Barthe, Laurence – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2007
This paper is an interpretation by researchers of oral and written accounts of ten development agents who have participated in various seminars and discussions since 2001, organized by researchers of INRA and of the University of Toulouse. According to the transcripts of lectures, discussions and articles written by development agents, it seems…
Descriptors: Socialization, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries, Rural Development