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Integrating “Connectedness to Water” into Water-Related Extension Programs

open access: yesEDIS, 2021
This new 5-page publication of the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication describes the research used to develop the Concise Connectedness to Water Scale (CCWS), a new tool that can be used for both planning and evaluation of ...
Laura A. Sanagorski Warner   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Mobile agricultural extension delivery and climate-smart agricultural practices in a time of a pandemic: Evidence from southern Ghana

open access: yesEnvironmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2023
During the Covid-19 era, Ghana's cocoa sector relied heavily on mobile phone agriculture for extension delivery services, aiming to enhance climate-smart agricultural activities and overcome physical limitations.
Ebenezer Osei Jones   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Issues for Agricultural Extension Policy in Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Extension, 2014
Agriculture is the bedrock of economic development in Nigeria. However, the development of the sector cannot be achieved without an efficient and effective extension system.
M J Koyenikan
doaj   +4 more sources

PENYULUHAN PERTANIAN INDONESIA : ISU PRIVATISASI DAN IMPLIAKISNYA

open access: yesAgro Ekonomi, 2016
The organization, mandate, and practices of agricultural and rural extension systems are changing worldwide, and it is vital that each region keep pace with the latest developments. The challenges of introducing appropriate institutional measures must be
Subejo Subejo
doaj   +1 more source

Tuolumne County shops capture local dollars

open access: yesCalifornia Agriculture, 2000
Tuolumne County retail merchants think that they are not capturing the lion's share of local sales, but they are! County residents do not go out of the county to shop as much as businesses think.
Nancy Feldman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Forecasting Future Funds for Food Security Projects: A Reflection on Trainings for Frontline Extension Staff on Improved Agricultural Practices in Malawi

open access: yesJournal of International Agricultural and Extension Education, 2017
Eighty percent of the Malawian population depends on agriculture for employment. This commentary is a reflection of a number of training workshops conducted to orient frontline extension staff on improved agricultural technologies. These trainings were conducted by the Technology Transfer Unit (TTU) is under the Department of Agricultural Research ...
Hector M. Malaidza, Robert Strong Jr.
openaire   +1 more source

Assessment of in-service Training Prospects for Extension Agents in Delta State Agricultural Development Programme (DTADP)

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Extension, 2006
This paper examines the in-service training prospects for agricultural extension agents in Delta State agricultural development programme (DTADP). The types of in-service training programmes available, criteria for selecting extension agents for study ...
P C Ajieh, A U Ofuoku
doaj   +4 more sources

A review of climate-smart agricultural extension services as a catalyst for sustainable farming in South Africa

open access: yesAfrica’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review
Background: Climate change has a negative impact on smallholder farming, affecting both agricultural production and livelihoods. Agricultural extension services offer an essential role in enabling smallholder farmers to adapt and mitigate the impacts of ...
Chenaimoyo L.F. Katiyatiya   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Three phosphatase families form a community: The phosphohydrolases that act upon inositol pyrophosphates

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Inositol pyrophosphates are energy‐rich signaling molecules that perform critical functions in cells. Three different families of phosphatases hydrolyze the β phosphate of the inositol pyrophosphate molecules: two have narrow specificities and one is promiscuous.
Ronda J. Rolfes
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental SWOT Analysis for Agricultural Extension in North Sinai Governorate, Egypt

open access: yesTurkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2019
North Sinai governorate is one of the largest desert areas in terms of intensity of agricultural extension work, In spite of efforts by state agencies to bring about agricultural development in the governorate, agriculture is still somewhat characterized
Tamer Gamal Ibrahim Mansour   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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