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Communicative Interventions for Preventing the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak: Insights from Iran's Rural and Farming Communities
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Karamidehkordi, Esmail; Mousavi, Seyed Karim; Zamani-Abnili, Fariba; Es'haghi, Seyed Reza; Ghasemi, Javad; Gholami, Hesamedin; Moayedi, Ali Akbar; Shagholi, Reihaneh – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2022
Purpose: The article explores how best agricultural extension and advisory services (AEAS) can contribute to communicative interventions in preventing the COVID-19 outbreak in rural and farming communities. Methodology: An action research was conducted in Iran, as one of the top countries experiencing the COVID-19 outbreak. Findings: A strategic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Extension Education, Prevention
Institutional Innovation and Public Extension Services Provision: The Marche Regional Administration Reform in Central Italy
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Pascucci, Stefano; De Magistris, Tiziana – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2011
This paper describes how Marche Regional Administration (MRA) introduced an innovative institutional reform of an Agricultural Knowledge and Information System (AKIS) in central Italy. In order to study the main features of the MRA reform we used a methodological approach based on three steps: (i) first we applied a desk analysis to sketch the…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Innovation, Information Systems, Organizational Change
Videos Bridging Asia and Africa: Overcoming Cultural and Institutional Barriers in Technology-Mediated Rural Learning
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Van Mele, Paul; Wanvoeke, Jonas; Akakpo, Cyriaque; Dacko, Rosaline Maiga; Ceesay, Mustapha; Beavogui, Louis; Soumah, Malick; Anyang, Robert – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2010
Will African farmers watch and learn from videos featuring farmers in Bangladesh? Learning videos on rice seed management were made with rural women in Bangladesh. By using a new approach, called zooming-in, zooming-out, the videos were of regional relevance and locally appropriate. When the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) introduced them to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Agricultural Occupations
"I Don't Know What You're Looking for:" Professional Vision in Swedish Agricultural Extension on Nature Conservation Management
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Bergea, H. L.; Martin, C.; Sahlstrom, F. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2008
The article addresses how farmers learn to appropriate the gaze of the "new farmer", by describing how farmers and advisers in the field discursively construct farmland under scrutiny for inclusion in government support schemes. Based on the findings, recommendations for successful agricultural extension are presented. The methodological…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Conservation (Environment), Rural Extension, Interaction Process Analysis
Approaches of Integrated Watershed Management Project: Experiences of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
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Mula, Rosana P.; Wani, Suhas P.; Dar, William D. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2008
The process of innovation-development to scaling is varied and complex. Various actors are involved in every stage of the process. In scaling the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)-led integrated watershed management projects in India and South Asia, three drivers were identified--islanding approach,…
Descriptors: Water Quality, Water, Distance Education, Scaling
From Collectives to Collective Decision-Making and Action: Farmer Field Schools in Vietnam
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van de Fliert, Elske; Dung, Ngo Tien; Henriksen, Ole; Dalsgaard, Jens Peter Tang – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2007
In 1992, even before a formalized agricultural extension system existed, the Farmer Field School was introduced in Vietnam as a farmer education methodology aiming at enhancing farmers' agroecological knowledge, critical skills and collective action to support sustainable agricultural development. Over the years, the model saw a wide range of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Rural Extension, Adult Vocational Education, Foreign Countries
Integrating and Institutionalizing Lessons Learned: Reorganizing Agricultural Research and Extension
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Goletti, Francesco; Pinners, Elise; Purcell, Timothy; Smith, Dominic – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2007
The majority of the population of Vietnam lives in rural areas and depends on agriculture for their livelihood. Consistent growth of the agriculture sector over the past two decades has contributed to a remarkable reduction in the poverty rate and the virtual elimination of hunger in the rural areas of Vietnam. In order to continue the growth…
Descriptors: Poverty, Agricultural Education, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries