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Testing Extension Services through AKAP Models
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De Rosa, Marcello; Bartoli, Luca; La Rocca, Giuseppe – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2014
Purpose: The aim of the paper is to analyse the attitude of Italian farms in gaining access to agricultural extension services (AES). Design/methodology/approach: The ways Italian farms use AES are described through the AKAP (Awareness, Knowledge, Adoption, Product) sequence. This article investigated the AKAP sequence by submitting a…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Models, Agricultural Education, Questionnaires
Pesticide Applicator Profiling: Using Polycom[R] Distance Delivery for Continuing Education and Characterizing Florida's Licensed Applicators
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Fishel, Fred; Langeland, Ken – Journal of Extension, 2011
The University of Florida offers continuing education units (CEUs) via distance technology using Polycom[R] to meet requirements for applicators of pesticides to renew their licenses. A large statewide event conducted in 2010 also included a needs assessment of this group concerning CEUs. Results indicate that these applicators strongly prefer…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Continuing Education, Continuing Education Units, Educational Needs
Farmworkers as "Different": A Matter of Difference or Indifference?
Galarneau, Charlene A. – Migration World Magazine, 1992
Conceiving of agricultural labor as different from other work and assuming that agricultural workers differ from other workers obscure the real need for information about farmworkers. Improvement in farmworker health status in the long term can only result from informed policies based on solid research. (SLD)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Cultural Background, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Needs