By Georgina Anderson Agricultural Biotechnology In recent years, agricultural biotechnology has been viewed in a very negative light by the general public. A lack of education about important advances in this field is partially responsible for the public’s opinions. How easily are people reassured of the safety of agricultural biotechnology’s contribution to the nation’s food supply? This resea...

Integrating natural resources management in the secondary school curriculum in Kenya has received a lot of talk without adequate practical activities. The Farmers of the Future Programme under the World Agroforestry Centre, formally the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), initiated a practical approach to integration of natural resources management in the secondary school...

Leptospirosis is a serious and potentially fatal zoonotic disease, but often neglected owing to lack of awareness. This study examined the knowledge, attitudes, and practices concerning leptospirosis among agricultural (n = 152) and non-agricultural (n = 115) workers in the lakeshore communities of Calamba and Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. The findings showed no significant differences for th...

Take away. 1. Economists trying to draw a link between education and poverty alleviation should assess the impact of education on social indicators, such as improvement in health and civic participation, than on other factors, such as productivity, which are only remotely related to poverty alleviation. 2. When we look at the impact of education on the three (out of four) factors that are descr...

This study concerns determining the factors that may influence the communication skill of those university teachers involved in the field of agricultural sciences in Iran. Accordingly, based on a cross-sectional survey method, a conceptual model of communication skill has been devised through reviewing the related literature. Next, the model was revised by the expert panel of the study into a s...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the trend of scientific articles in the field of agricultural education. The statistical population of the study consisted of all agricultural education articles published in three scientific journals from the years 2013 to 2017 (N = 198). All the articles were studied. SPSS and EXCEL software used to analyze the data. The findings showed that the journa...

As we press forward into the new millennium, agricultural educators across the country are continuing their quest to reshape agricultural education, to develop new approaches to teaching and learning that are more appropriate and effective for the 21st century. Our rapidly changing world demands an agricultural education system that equips children with the tools and skills they will need to su...

identifying role of extension system in adoption of new technologies have important role to developing favorable extension systems. for supporting sustainable agriculture in iran needs extension systems to be carefully thought and accurately implemented. the purpose of this is analyzing role of extension activities in adoption of sustainable agriculture. based on the results the attending agric...

Improving the livelihoods and well-being of the rural poor is an important aim of agricultural development. But improved agricultural productivity does not necessarily translate into improved health and nutrition, either for producers or consumers. How can standard agricultural development strategies—promoting agricultural intensification, greater linkages to markets, and high-value production—...