Download or read book A Case Study of an Adult Education Program for Beginning and Transitioning Farmers Learning to Practice Sustainable Agriculture written by Catherine Carol Twohig and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Farmers in Transition written by Kimberly Leval Staritzky and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Walking Through Your Old Way of Thinking written by Karsten Mündel and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many farmers express significant concern about the chemical use on their farms---a common trait of North American agriculture. Nonetheless, most farmers continue to practise chemical agriculture. This dissertation focuses on farmers who have made a transition from chemical to sustainable agriculture in the province of Alberta. Sustainable agriculture, in the context of this dissertation, is an approach to farming that considers the farm as an ecosystem with interventions geared towards treating root causes rather than symptoms. This is contrasted with chemical agriculture. Within the context of this adult education thesis, farmers' transitions are conceived as an informal learning project. The central argument is that farmers' learning is transformative to the extent that it transcends acquiring new farming skills and knowledge to encompass an understanding of the chemical agrifood system as fundamentally socially unjust and environmentally destructive. The limited previous research into farmers' transitions focuses on the important ecological aspects of farm transition, often to the exclusion of social aspects. This thesis makes a contribution to understanding farmers' motivations for transition, the process of their informal transformative learning and the various forms of civic engagement that result. The data show that farmers followed one of four paths to sustainable farming practices: incomplete transformative learning; conscientization through sustainable agriculture; concurrent transformations; and closing a values-action gap. In all but the first of these, farmers had a counterhegemonic understanding of both their farming practices and their civic engagement. A major form of farmers' engagement is through the articulation of a sustainable agriculture standpoint---a vision for sustainable farming practices as part of a sustainable agrifood system. Farmers are also involved formally and informally in myriad other activities in their rural communities and beyond through business, non-profit, and state organizations. Situating the research in the province of Alberta gives an interesting insight into farmers' different forms of dissent because of the political realities of this context. The theoretical framework combines insight from the political economy of sustainable agriculture, hegemony and counterhegemony, feminist standpoint theory and transformative learning and conscientization. Data were collected through a series of semi-structured interviews with sustainable farmer families in Alberta.
Download or read book Educational and Training Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Learning to Learn with Farmers written by N. A. Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sustainable Agricultural Education written by Priya Reddy and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis explores the social and ecological impacts of the industrial agricultural paradigm, as well as the historical and political forces that drive it. It recognizes that human communities are experiencing a breakdown of agricultural systems, and theorizes that sustainable agricultural systems will only come about when humans begin to shift in consciousness from an anthropocentric worldview to an eco-centric worldview. A transformation towards sustainability will require educational initiatives that support and promote ecological literacy. Additionally, the thesis examines the interrelationships between sustainable farming methods, particularly natural farming and permaculture, and experiential education. The research project involved developing curriculum and facilitating two Natural Farming and Permaculture Workshops at Solitude Farm, located in Auroville, India. The purpose of the research was 1) to determine what kinds of shifts in consciousness take place as a result of participating in Natural Farming and Permaculture Workshops, and 2) to develop a curriculum guide for facilitators, with the intention to disseminate it to small farmers hoping to implement similar educational programs. The researcher employed a combination of case study and ethnographic methodology to understand participants' experience. In the conclusion the researcher discusses how the workshops promote ecological literacy.
Download or read book Educational and Training Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture written by Jane Potter Gates and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Educational and Training Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Case Study of 14 Young Farmer Programs for Out of school Youth written by Edwin Ray Hoskins and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Everyone a Teacher Everyone a Learner written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Training Programs in Sustainable Agriculture for Postharvest Loss Minimization and Storage written by David Kariuki Kagima and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to use a series of adult educational programs conducted in a developing country as a case study of adult extension education. The specific objectives were to describe an adult education program in sustainable agriculture in a selected country in Africa, identify problems and develop an improved adult agricultural education program model for the delivery of the technical information. Training programs on postharvest loss minimization and storage were conducted in Ethiopia from 1999 to 2003. This program was a part of a five-year program by Agricultural Cooperative Development International and Volunteer Overseas Cooperative Agency (ACDI/VOCA) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop agricultural cooperatives in Ethiopia. The program was administered to cooperative managers and promoters with the purpose of enhancing capacity and improving skills in postharvest loss minimization and storage. Participants were asked to share information regarding their experiences in postharvest loss minimization and storage that was used in this case study. The study revealed major problems in postharvest losses and storage. Information and knowledge for postharvest loss minimization and storage did not reach most farmers. Participants acknowledged the many barriers that blocked flow of information for the grassroots farmers. Poverty, limited knowledge, infrastructure, poor government policies, drought and starvation were limiting factors to the adoption of postharvest loss minimization and storage. Participants recognized need for educational programs for technical information for postharvest loss minimization and storage. Sources of information from schools, colleges, on-farm demonstrations, field days, seminars, workshops and visits to successful cooperatives were most useful strategies in agricultural education programs. A multidisciplinary team of experts need to work together in order to achieve a goal of postharvest loss minimization and storage. Needs assessments to be conducted working as a team of experts and farmers. The multidisciplinary team of experts could train cooperative managers, promoters and extension agents through formal and non-formal educational programs such as workshops, seminars and in-house training programs. Participants would then train cooperative workers and farmer leaders who would train farmers at the grassroots.
Download or read book Successful Practices in Adult Farmer Education written by Lloyd James Phipps and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Educational and Training Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture 1994 written by Jane P. Gates and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995-07 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information about institutions and organizations compiled from a number of sources. Criteria for selection were an institution's involvement in organic, alternative, or sustainable agriculture, and its focus on education, training, or provision of information. Scope of coverage is limited to the United States and Canada.
Download or read book Farmer field school From IPM to platforms for learning and empowerment Report from an international learning workshop Yogyakarta Indonesia 21 25 oct 2002 written by and published by International Potato Center. This book was released on 2003 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Educational and Training Opportunities in Organic Low Input Or Sustainable Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
