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Recent Policy Developments in Green Education in the Netherlands
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Kupper, Hendrik; Laurentzen, Ramona; Mulder, Martin – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: To present a description of recent developments in the Dutch green educational system (agriculture, living environment, food). The article builds on a previous 2006 contribution to "JAEE" where different scenarios for changes in green education were suggested. Design/methodology/approach: An analysis of policy documents from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agriculture, Vocational Education, Environmental Education
Agricultural Extension Services and Market Regulation: Learning from a Comparison of Six EU Countries
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Laurent, Catherine; Cerf, Marianne; Labarthe, Pierre – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2006
If farmers are to meet the new challenges facing agriculture (environment, rural development, etc.), appropriate knowledge has to be produced. But observations in six EU countries (France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK) show that unexpected problems arise when technical support for agriculture is linked to market regulation,…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Rural Extension, Foreign Countries, Agriculture
What Can Be Learned from a Comparison of Two Agricultural Knowledge Systems? The Case of the Netherlands and Israel.
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Blum, Abraham – Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 1991
Compared the agricultural knowledge systems (AKS) of the Netherlands and Israel; analyzed the features that made the systems effective and applicable to other countries. The analysis discovered eight elements that explain the success of these AKSs and demonstrated the value of comparative case studies. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agriculture, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis