| Knowledge - Extension |
| Empowering extension managers through participatory learning |
| The article is based on case study research method conducted on the experiential methodology followed by the Indian National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management.
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| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_kn3/kn3_040401_en.htm |
| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_kn3/kn3_040401_fr.htm |
| Spanish: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_kn3/kn3_040401_es.htm |
| Arabic: http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_kn3/kn3_040401_ar.htm |
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| Knowledge - Education |
| A participatory approach to curriculum development |
| This paper suggests that agricultural education institutions need to foster their relationship to the development process through the integration of academic scholarship with development tasks, including national but especially local development tasks. The implication is that a wide range of stakeholders in local development should participate in the curriculum development process - that curriculu... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EXdirect/EXan0017.htm |
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| Knowledge - Education |
| Teaching and learning agriculture |
| This paper discusses various approaches to agricultural education. The "experiential learning" approach has recently been developed for teaching agriculture. Experiential learning is not only based on school knowledge and acquired skills, but also on experience; hence its name.
It views learning and the farming environment as "soft systems", meaning systems that are not fixed. This paper is taken... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EXdirect/EXan0014.htm |
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| Knowledge - Extension |
| Group-based extension programmes for natural resource conservation in Java |
| As a system of education, agricultural extension in Indonesia is concerned not only with transferring technology, but with educating farmers to become development-oriented. The main task of agricultural extension is to facilitate farmers' learning and action through
the provision of technical information, access to development facilities and legal support for farming and business activities. Its ... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EXdirect/EXan0012.htm |
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