(6) This is a dummy variable that equals 1 if an
extension agent is a household head, and 0 otherwise
The United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) awarded a multi-regional grant in 2011, titled the Animal Agriculture and Climate Change project, aimed at building capacity among
Extension agents and agricultural technical service providers throughout the U.S.
For this reason, a California
extension agent recommended that we consider the M&H value listed for "peeled tomatoes" as corresponding most closely to what the value for diced tomatoes would be (since the latter value is not given in M&H).
G., "Training of Public
Extension Agents in Nigeria and the Implications for Government's Agricultural Transformation Agenda, " Journal of Agricultural Extension 17(2): 98- 104(2013)
Researchers and
extension agents as experts could have effective influence on environmental sustainability by informing farmers about environmental issues and influencing their decisions.
A large proportion of 57 % in 1986-87 and 43 % in 2005-06 however confirmed that they need no assistance from any
extension agent. These were the farmers either disparate about the role of extension workers or the very traditional and expert farmers who believes in their own skills rather than outsider extension services.
Technology advancements also blossomed in 2007, when the first Apple iPhone was released, said Mike Hamilton, Poinsett County
extension agent for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.
There is an office, or "mini campus", in each county with one or more
extension agent faculty members who are embedded in the community and deliver educational programs based on the needs of county residents.
Directed by Gary Sprinkle and featuring Suzanne Shriner and Andrea Kawabata, UH-CTAHR
extension agent, the instructional video demonstrates the three main aspects of integrated CBB management: (1) Sanitation--removing cherries from the orchard in a timely manner; (2) Spraying the fungus--the only legal, effective pesticide for CBB; and (3) Trapping--helping identify trouble spots.
It has 120 counties, with at least one agriculture and natural resources
extension agent in each county, and the support of more than 70 extension specialists--tenure-track faculty with a majority of their distribution of effort in extension--for the state's 83,000 farms.
I'm sure there is info available from your county
extension agent also.
For 26 years, she was a Worcester County 4-H
Extension Agent providing supervision of youth programs, retiring in 1988.
Whether through home economics, children's programs or managing livestock, countless Lane County residents have crossed paths with longtime OSU
Extension agent Nellie Oehler.
For more information call Jose Chaparro at the University of Florida at 352-392-1928, or Les Harrison, Leon County agricultural
extension agent at 850-606-5206.
A cooperative
extension agent said nature's "vegetarians" will eat meat when the chance arises.
