agricultural training centres (atcs) promote crop and livestock development by providing extension information to farmers and serving as models of improved crop and livestock husbandry practices. although potato farmers in nyandarua county were trained on potato production technologies, their average yield was ≤16 tonnes per hectare compared to the national potential of 30 tonnes. this study th...

Agricultural Training Centres (ATCs) promote crop and livestock development by providing extension information to farmers and serving as models of improved crop and livestock husbandry practices. Although potato farmers in Nyandarua County were trained on potato production technologies, their average yield was ≤16 tonnes per hectare compared to the national potential of 30 tonnes. This study th...

B. B. Basak, Sharmistha Pal and S. C. Datta* Division of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, India Present address: Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Research, Boriavi, Anand 387 310, India Present address: Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Research Centre, Madhya Marg, Chandigarh 160 01...

The present status of education and training in agricultural meteorology is reviewed in relation to the agreed objectives of this interdisciplinary science. The major educational contribution of the agronomy faculties to the educational and research effort is acknowledged. The significant part played by the World Meteorological Organization Regional Meteorological Training Centres in the traini...

objective: today people are aware of the important role of agriculture as a vital source in their life. development in agriculture and making healthy food for human, needs trained man. vocational schools and agricultural training centers provided the first stage for arriving at this purpose. one of the reasons for the weak influence of agricultural training centers in creating occupational oppo...

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...

Agricultural production have remained rudimentary despite many years’ of technology development and transfer; to reverse this declining trend, several agricultural policies programmes aimed at ensuring sustainable production, improved income farm expansion with added value output become very germane. This study therefore analyzed tomato farmers’ participation in ASTC activities Jos-south local ...

Maurits W. Vandegehuchte1,*, Adrien Guyot2, Michiel Hubeau1, Tom De Swaef3, David A. Lockington2 and Kathy Steppe1 Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, 9000 Gent, Belgium, National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, 4072 Brisbane, Australia and Plant Sciences Unit...

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