Agricultural extension

“I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally non-violent struggle for justice” (nbclatino.com). Cesar Chavez, and American labor leader, believed in non-violence as he went on his strikes. He sacrificed himself for others as he fasted for continuous days. Cesar Chavez is an important figure in American History because he used non-violence to bring attention to farm workers. Without Cesar Chavez, America would not…

All throughout American History we have been taught about the Slavery, Civil rights movements, the presidents and many many wars. But, something that is always very much overlooked has been Dolores Huerta and Mexican American history in general. I believe that the knowledge to understand and to know who is Dolores and What she did to offer the Mexicans in the United States is something essential to fully understand the entirety of American History. Which sadly, like I mentioned before is…

are a great tool in sustainable agricultural development programs because it is a participatory extension approach that includes a significant focus on group and individual capacity building of farmers. The longer-term empowerment goals of the farmer field school seek to enable extensionists to continue to expand their knowledge and to help others learn and to organize activities on their own within their farms to institutionalize practices of sustainable agricultural development (Witt et al.,…

has continued to hold true to its mission and vision. As a student in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, I am able to see the three branches of the land-grant mission on a daily basis. Teaching, research and outreach are the three legs which our university stands on.…

participate in irrigation activities than female does. Therefore, male headed household has higher probability to generate revenue from agricultural activities particularly irrigation. Level of education the household head (HHEDUC): education increases people knowledge and skills which help them to do things in differently ways. Literate farmers are expected to do agricultural activities; adopt new technologies, follow scientific farming practices,…

UF/IFAS Extension with deeper actual knowledge of the data (Wilcke, 2002). From this point, the researcher identified the new understanding of the lived experiences with African-American farmers with UF/IFAS Extension. This enabled the researcher an opportunity to expand and gain fresh perspective of the phenomena. The following information displays new information generate from the live experiences of UF /IFAS Extension of African-American farmers: trust, reasons for using UF/IFAS Extension,…

acts was the Morrill Act of 1862 that proposed a portion of federally owned land be sold and the proceeds used to establish at least one college in each state(Campbell, pg 3). These colleges were to be used to teach branches of learning related to agricultural and mechanical arts. Teaching agriculture although was very hard to do because of the inadequate supplies of textbooks, data, research, and other reading materials. This act was also meant to include…

Chrispinus Farm inputs amongst small scale farmers including seeds, agrochemicals and fertilizers are key in improving agricultural yield. In order to achieve considerable yields, small scale farmers should be able to adopt good agricultural practices and have access to inputs. However, access to and eventually the use of the right inputs remain a challenge in areas where the field extension officers are hardly available, and as such farmers revert to using counterfeit…

compositions. 11. However, agencies that deal in food standardization, environmental protection and the agricultural departments in some developed countries have approved GM foods and indicated that they were as safe as foods from non-biotech crops . The confusion on GM products needs to be cleared through a mass education on the matter. It should be a collaborative effort by the agricultural sector and other related scientific and research institutes and agencies in the country. Additionally,…

Franklin lived the American dream by starting with humble beginnings and ending with a very successful life. He found the secret to success by being selfless and putting his family and others first. Born in Sharp county Arkansas to Enoch Dewey Schales and Ruth Octavia Bonhill Schales. He was the 5th of 11 children. In 1938, they sold the family farm to move to Missouri that taught high school for the oldest daughter. In Missouri the family picked cotton and survived by working as migrant…