Examining agricultural mechanics projects and their use as supervised agricultural experiences.

Agricultural Mechanics Specialists Identification and Evaluation of Agricultural Mechanics Laboratory Management Competencies: A Modified Delphi Approach

Agricultural mechanics is an important part of the total agricultural education program (Phipps, 1983). In many courses, the time allocated for instruction in agricultural mechanics comprises 25-40% of the total instructional time (Phipps, 1980). Much of the agricultural mechanics instruction takes place in the agricultural mechanics laboratory. Therefore, efficient management of the agricultur...

Irrigation Projects, Agricultural Dynamics and the Environment

Agricultural Extension in Nepal: Experiences and Issues

A detail study on the experience of agricultural extension in Nepal was done by discussion with experts, academicians and involved agricultural officers of Nepal along with review of different documents, books and articles on the subject matter. Since from the first effort of extension service, Training and visit, Integrated Rural Development Approach, Tuki Approach, Farming System Research and...

Outcomes of Changing Supervised Agricultural Experience Programs

Experiential learning has been an integral component of secondary agricultural education since the beginning of the program. The Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 has been cited as landmark legislation which established vocational agriculture programs in public secondary schools in the United States. This legislation contained language which required that students have “directed or supervised practice i...

Agricultural Herbicide Use and Risk

A population-based case-control study of soft-tissue sarcoma (STS), Hodgkin's disease (HD), and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in Kansas found farm herbicide use to be associated with NHL (odds ratio [OR], 1.6; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.9, 2.6). Relative risk of NHL increased significantly with number of days of herbicide exposure per year and latency. Men exposed to herbicides more than 20...