The Role of Cooperative Extension, USDA, Land Grant Universities, and Rural Development Centers

2021 ◽  
pp. 245-253
Author(s):  
Russ Youmans ◽  
Bruce A. Weber ◽  
Glenn Nelson ◽  
J. Norman Reid
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Cooperative Extension ◽  
Land Grant ◽  
Land Grant Universities

scholarly journals Evolution of the Southeast Greenhouse Conference and Trade Show

HortScience ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 552B-552a
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Bailey
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Cooperative Extension ◽  
Land Grant ◽  
Land Grant Universities ◽  
Trade Show ◽  
Land Grant Institutions ◽  
Greenhouse Growers ◽  
Cooperative Extension Services ◽  
Support Research

The 8th annual Southeast Greenhouse Conference and Trade Show (SGCTS) will be held in June 2000. This meeting is the result of cooperative efforts among the Alabama Nurserymen's Association, Florida Nurserymen and Growers Association, Georgia Commercial Flower Growers Association, North Carolina Commercial Flower Growers' Association, South Carolina Greenhouse Growers Association, Tennessee Flower Growers Association, Virginia Greenhouse Growers Association; and the Cooperative Extension Services and Land Grant Universities of all seven participating states, including Auburn Univ., Clemson Univ., the Univ. of Florida, the Univ. of Georgia, North Carolina State Univ., Univ. of Tennessee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ., and Virginia State Univ. Through pooling of efforts and resources, the SGCTS has become one of the major floriculture educational and trade show events in North America, and it has grown from an initial participation of 347 and a trade show of 89 booths in 1993 to 2407 participants and 398 booths in 1999. The SGCTS serves as an excellent example of cooperative partnering among grower organizations, Cooperative Extension, and faculty at Land Grant Institutions. It eliminates duplication of efforts among individual states, each historically holding their own state meeting. Proceeds from the conference support grower organizations, which in turn support research and educational programs at the cooperating universities. Over $55,000 were disbursed back to the state associations in 1999.

scholarly journals Rural Development Alternatives: Pennsylvania's Title V Experience

1977 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-97
Author(s):  
Joan S. Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Development Assistance ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Land Grant ◽  
Title V ◽  
Land Grant Universities ◽  
Development Programming ◽  
Development Alternatives

With the passage of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (Public Law 92–419), every state in the nation was challenged to provide rural development assistance through the land-grant universities. Operating under flexible guidelines, each state has proceeded differently. Comparison of various states’ programs provides some new insights on effective rural development programming.

scholarly journals Land-grant lessons for Anthropocene universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 165 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Kopp
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Extension ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Land Grant ◽  
Land Grant Universities ◽  
Agricultural Experiment Stations ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Agricultural Experiment ◽  
Usable Science ◽  
Cooperative Extension Services ◽  
Short Termism

AbstractEstablished amidst the bloodshed of the Civil War, land-grant universities, together with the associated agricultural experiment stations and cooperative extension services, have played a crucial role in democratizing scientific knowledge and addressing intertwined educational, environmental, economic, and democratic challenges within the USA. Indeed, they have arguably pioneered the idea of “usable science.” Today, the urgent challenges of the Anthropocene demand a more robust relationship between scientific research and on-the-ground action, strong networks sharing local lessons globally, and channels for injecting global, long-term perspectives into the noise of short-termism. The land-grant experience provides lessons for “Anthropocene universities” seeking to tackle these challenges, including the importance of (1) establishing or expanding university-based boundary organizations akin to cooperative extension, (2) incentivizing the integration of engagement into the university’s research, teaching, and service missions, (3) centering values of democracy, justice, equity, and inclusion in engagement, and (4) cooperating across institutions and sectors. Given the urgency of fully engaging academic institutions as players and connectors in the real-world challenges of addressing climate change and biodiversity loss, there is little time to waste.

Tenure and Promotion Outcomes at Four Large Land Grant Universities: Examining the Role of Gender, Race, and Academic Discipline

2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 628-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raifu Durodoye ◽  
Marcia Gumpertz ◽  
Alyson Wilson ◽  
Emily Griffith ◽  
Seher Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Land Grant ◽  
Land Grant Universities

scholarly journals University Outlook Programs: A Review and Some Suggestions

1976 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. M. Harris
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Economics ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Land Grant ◽  
Land Grant Universities ◽  
Economics Department

Conducting an outlook program appears to be simple. The aim of outlook is to accurately predict future economic conditions and to rapidly disseminate this information to producers, agribusiness firms and/or consumers, to help them make intelligent production, purchasing and marketing decisions. But those involved know that the appearance of simplicity in conducting an outlook effort is deceiving. Outlook work is frustrating—sometimes gratifying-just as often, humiliating.The focus here is upon outlook programs in agricultural economics department of the land-grant universities. The role of USDA in outlook work is discussed only in the context of its support of state efforts.

ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
R. P. BAIN ◽  
D. P. RAI ◽  
SIDDARTH NAYAK
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Role Of Information

If we want to convert our rural population into knowledge driven, progressive, self sufficient, self reliant, sustainable society, the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT’s) cannot be ignored. Timely availability information is considered as most important factor in Indian agriculture. At present ICT is the technology of this millennium. Transferring the developed technology to all end users is time-consuming and tiresome task and is often not completed due to paucity of resources and lack of manpower. In India, agriculture and rural development has gained significantly from ICT due to its widespread extension and adoption. In this era of internet, ICT is committed to provide real, timely accurate authentic information to the farmers and rural peoples.

“The Rise and Fall of the Ciskei Homeland and Bantustan Leadership” 1972 - 1994

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fezile Cindi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Traditional Leaders ◽  
History Of ◽  
Leadership Values

This paper will grapple with notions of celebration, commemoration and leadership as narratives of memory in particular in the Ciskei Bantustan. It is to remember and reflect on our past to understand the present. It will also focus on the history of the Ciskei Homeland, leadership values, and role of traditional leaders, rural development, legislative imperatives, and system of separate development, coups, suppression, torture and killings that happened during this era between 1972 to 1994.

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