Building Agricultural Institutions

Transferring The Land-grant Model To India And Nigeria

Arthur A Goldsmith (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

286 Seiten

2019
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-01595-4 (ISBN)

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This book compares and contrasts two attempts-one Asian, one African-to replicate the American system of the ''land-grant model"- its system of applied agricultural science.

Shortly after World War II the United States began to export to developing countries the ''land-grant model"-its system of applied agricultural science. This system is made up of subnational agricultural universities, extension services, and experiment stations, and also of national-level organizations to support and coordinate agricultural develo

Arthur A Goldsmith

Introduction: Institutions, Technology, and Agricultural Development -- United States: The American System of Agricultural Science -- India: Reaching the Peasant Farmer -- India: Higher Education for Agricultural Development -- India: Agricultural Research and the New Seed Technology -- Nigeria: Searching for Effective Extension -- Nigeria: New Universities and Agricultural Development -- Nigeria: Institutionalization of Agricultural Research -- Conclusion: The Politics of Institutional Development -- Appendixes -- Selected Biographical Sketches -- India: Major Events in Agricultural Institution Building (1947–85) -- Nigeria: Major Events in Agricultural Institution Building (1948–86)

Erscheinungsdatum	29.04.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	146 x 222 mm
Gewicht	690 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-367-01595-1 / 0367015951
ISBN-13	978-0-367-01595-4 / 9780367015954
Zustand	Neuware