This article assesses Liberian tertiary students' perception and perspectives on Liberia's agribusiness sector; the assessment was conducted across nine universities in six counties and targeted young people aged 15-35 as principal respondents. The research employed a survey with a sample size of 1,701 university students. Overall, tertiary…

This debate focuses on the location of federal-level administration of vocational agriculture and agribusiness: Should the program be administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture or by the U.S. Department of Education? (CT)

Includes "Teaching Agrimarketing" (Leising); "Agrisales and Marketing" (Downey, McFarland); "Agrimarketing: A Tool Every Agriculture Student Needs" (Barrett); "Using FFA (Future Farmers of America) Activities to Teach Agrimarketing" (Egan); "FFA Commodity Marketing Activity" (Moore, Day); and…

The article describes a postsecondary agribusiness program at Mankato, Minnesota, where job placement literally begins before the student is accepted into classes. (Author/AJ)

A series of articles focuses upon the Supervised Occupational Experience Program (SOEP), a unique feature of programs of vocational agriculture. Articles deal with critical aspects of developing entrepreneurial skills, and include examples of successful entrepreneurship programs currently underway. (NRJ)

This curriculum guide contains four units and incorporates the needed component parts to aid agriculture teachers in the implementation of the Vocational Instructional Management System. The guide consists of these four units: economic principles in agriculture (6 lessons), business management (17 lessons), planning the farm business (9 lessons),…

Various elements of the theme vocational agriculture and excellence are discussed in seven articles: agricultural industry and vocational agriculture and excellence, excellence movement and local programs, excellence movement and the Future Farmers of America, the agricultural community and excellence, and teacher education and the excellence…

Addresses the issue of planning teacher education programs to meet demands. Professionally prepared regular teacher education programs in agribusiness are compared with nonprofessionally prepared alternative certification programs. Considers three variables including (1) type of preparation, (2) occupation entered upon leaving education, and (3)…

Consists of four articles that discuss the issue of articulation in the context of agricultural education. Topics include (1) articulation with community colleges, (2) dealing with program diversity, (3) collegiate success of secondary vocational agriculture students, and (4) training needs of agribusiness. (CH)

Consists of five articles on the topic of competencies in vocational agriculture. Topics covered include (1) competency-based instruction, (2) competencies for agricultural recordkeeping, (3) competencies in hydroponics, and (4) competencies in agribusiness. (CH)

Describes a 2-year post-secondary program designed to prepare students for a career in the farm supply industry. (SB)