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Hellin, Jon – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: New approaches to extension service delivery are needed that stimulate increased agricultural production, contribute to collective action and which also foster the emergence of agricultural innovation systems. Research in Peru and Mexico explores some of these new approaches. Design/methodology/approach: In both countries, a qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Rural Extension, Agricultural Production
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Olgun, Akin; Gumus, Sevtap Guler; Adanacioglu, Hakan – Social Indicators Research, 2010
Despite the fact that rural education has always been one of the most important means of rural development, it has been ignored in many developing countries, with the result that rural development has not achieved great success. The problems of education in rural areas are not only related to the amount the country spends on education or to the…
Descriptors: Job Training, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Economic Factors
Sauvageot, Claude; Da Graca, Patricia Dias – International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) UNESCO, 2007
Despite all the efforts deployed by the countries of the world and the vigorous mobilization of the international community, rural people are lagging far behind in education and are particularly hard hit by poverty and hunger. In developing countries, the slow progress towards universal education is largely due to the sluggish growth of school…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Rural Population, Equal Education, Poverty
United Nations Economic and Social Council, New York, NY. – 1972
The survey by the UNESCO secretariat on the equality of access of girls and women to education in the context of rural development forms the basis of this report. A questionnaire (Annex I) was sent to all Member States and associate members of UNESCO. Replies from fifty-six countries were considered, with 45 detailed replies furnishing the main…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Equal Education
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Perraton, Hilary – Educational Media International, 1981
The strengths and weaknesses of radio for distance learning in the Third World are determined through an examination of its use for upgrading teachers, to support education and development broadly, for mass education through radio campaigns, and through the radio schools of Latin America. Eighteen references are listed. (CHC)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Radio, Home Programs, Public Education
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Koshy, T. A. – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1977
The importance of nonformal education in integrated rural development is examined in light of the differences between formal, informal, and nonformal education, with the conclusion that the objectives of nonformal education and their relationship to the rural poor support the argument for a curriculum for nonformal education in the arena. (LAS)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Dropouts, Educational Development, Educational Methods
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Tugbiyele, E. A. – 1971
Education is a necessary investment in the modern state since it is the key to overall national development. Its two parts consist of formal and out-of-school education. The first includes the regular classroom--primary, secondary, technical, and university education. The second consists of nonformal education and training. Economic development is…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Educational Quality
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Mitra, C. R. – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1975
Education as an integrated part of the productive process of the rural Indian village is discussed, and eight main features of such an alternative educational system are presented. (LH)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Development
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Sohoni, A. W.; Varma, Harish – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1975
Guidelines and objectives for organizing an educationally oriented farmers' fair for rural Indians are presented. Various activities are suggested and described, including: research farm visits, question and answer sessions between farmers and experts, farm equipment demonstrations, agro-industrial exhibitions, and competitions. (LH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Developing Nations
Malassis, Louis – CERES, 1977
Examines the relationship between education and development in developing nations. Advocates the fostering of a technical humanism--the development of knowledge in all its forms as a basis for action. In this system, technical education is as highly valued as general education. The system, and its applications to rural education is discussed. (CP)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Developing Nations, Dropouts, Economic Development
Zuberi, Habib – 1982
The report contains information based on the country presentation papers submitted by the 31 countries for the 1981 United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). It is intended as a background document for the Unesco meeting of experts from the LDCs on "needs and priorities in regard to education" to be held at…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Hornik, Rboert; And Others – 1974
As educators and politicians have become aware of the need to provide more educational opportunities to rural areas, mass media has become more important. Focusing upon the developing nations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, this article discusses the past and continuing use of mass media in rural education. Topics are: an overview of mass…
Descriptors: Community Development, Developing Nations, Educational Development, Educational Media
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Valerien, Jean – Educational Media International, 1981
The management, administration, production, and broadcasting of educational television are discussed and evaluated with respect to its use in elementary education, training of teachers, and out-of-school education in the Ivory Coast during the 1970s. (CHC)
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Developing Nations, Educational Administration, Educational Television
Singh, Surendra P.; Comer, Sammy – 1988
Vocational and technical training programs for less developed countries offer little in the way of training the intermediate cadres, technicians, and village level workers necessary for modernizing the primary sector on which developing economies depend. Training is vital because it secures cost reduction and maximum use of organization, enables…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Developing Nations, Job Training
Bergsma, Harold M. – 1978
Colonial educational development viewed education as: 1) means of training an elite to maintain the imported political/economical system; 2) a vehicle for creating individuals thoroughly conversant with alien values; 3) a commodity for the few of intellectual capability; 4) a broad based entity predicated upon literature, science, math, and…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Developing Nations, Economic Change, Foreign Countries
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