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Peer reviewedChesterfield, Ray; Ruddle, Kenneth – Community Development Journal, 1976
An extension program sponsored by the Venezuelan government attempted to change a rural area's shifting cultivation system into one that produced cash crops. The program's failure was due in part to the lack of understanding on the part of the extension agents regarding the communities' traditional resource use systems. (LH)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agricultural Education, Change Agents, Community Programs
Peer reviewedChesterfield, Ray; Schutz, Paulo – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1978
The authors describe a nonformal adult vocational education program developed in Rio Grande do Sul, a rural Brazilian state, which offers in-school vocational education as well as adult continuing education. Truck trailers with vocational equipment and trained personnel visit rural communities to provide learning experiences both in and out of the…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Developing Nations, Learning Experience, Lifelong Learning
