Building Agricultural Institutions: Transferring the Land-Grant Model to India and Nigeria

ISBN-13: 9780367015954 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 286 str.

Arthur A Goldsmith

Opis

 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

Spis treści

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)

O autorze

Arthur A Goldsmith