the main objective of present paper was to study the validity of agricultural extension indices for ranking iranian provinces in terms of extension and education activities. the study was carried out in two phases. in phase one through review of literature, 137 extension-education indices were identified. the indices were classified in seven fields as following: 1) indices of extension workers,...

The role of teacher education programs and the demand placed upon those programs is changing. This study sought to synthesize research related to pre-service agricultural teacher education programs in the following areas: (1) demographics of teacher educators, (2) demographics of teacher education programs, (3) responsibilities of teacher education programs, (4) student selection, (5) preservic...

considering the pace of scientific, technological and cultural developments, one will have no other choice but to learn over a lifetime. mobile learning as a new stage of e-learning development with the potential of using mobile devices, is supposed to be an effective means for lifelong learning. therefore, the purpose of this survey was to analyze the problems of agricultural education system ...

this study aimed at identifying and analyzing issues and challenges on the agricultural research and technology development under the national innovation framework. the survey consisted of two groups: agricultural researchers of agriculture-research and education organization and all faculty members of public agricultural faculties of ministry of scientific, research and technology. using cochr...

This paper studies the effects of rural infrastructure development on agricultural production technical efficiency, using data from the second agricultural census of China. Employing Data Envelopment Analysis, this paper first estimates agricultural production technical efficiency of each administrative area of China. A Tobit model is then applied to study the effects on agricultural production...

WEI DING, KRISHNA N. REDDY, L. JASON KRUTZ, STEVEN J. THOMSON, YANBO HUANG, and ROBERT M. ZABLOTOWICZ Crop Production Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA Northeast Agricultural University, Agronomy College, Department of Plant Protection and Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology in Chinese Ministry of Education, Harbin, ...

J.D. Hansen*, J.A. Johnson and D.A. Winter USDA-ARS Yakima Agricultural Research Laboratory, 5230 Konnowac Pass Road, Wapato, WA 98951, USA; USDA-ARS San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, 9611 S. Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 93648, USA; Director of Regulatory Affairs, Quality and Clinical Education, University of California at San Diego Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego,...

“Progress during the past years in the technological and methodological aspects of research (in agricultural education) has not been accompanied by comparable improvements in another very important aspect of research, namely, the relevance, significance, and importance of problems and issues that we investigate . . . I propose that our highest priority for continuing progress in research in agr...