Adapting Agricultural Extension to Peacebuilding: Report of a Workshop by the National Academy of Engineering and United States Institute of Peace: Ro

by National Academy of Engineering and United States Institute of Peace

Societies have sought to improve the outputs of their agricultural producers for thousands of years. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, efforts to convey agricultural knowledge to farmers became known as extension services, a term adopted from programs at Oxford and Cambridge designed to extend the knowledge generated at universities to surrounding communities. Traditionally, extension services have emphasized a top-down model of technology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309259673
• ISBN13: 9780309259675
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 62 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.8"