Index

A

academic productivity, 220-221

access to institutions and training, 152-153

agribusiness, 198

agricultural education, 1, 2, 66-67

agriculture, definition, 1-3

Asia

Vocational Education and Training (VET),107

Asian Development Bank, 91, 107-108, 110,-112, 115, 158

Africa,

quality of education, 86-87

agroforestry, 25

aid agencies, see foreign assistance

animal science

atmosphere

effect of agriculture on, 3, 12, 14, 42

Australia

linkages with LDCs, 132-133, 145-147

B

C

centers coordinated by CGIAR, 165-166

CGIAR

establishment, 160
future aims, 163-164, 225
policies, 161-162, 169-170
research and production, 163, 176

chemicals

use of, 9-12, 17, 25, 30-31, 35-36, 41
contamination, 4, 6-7, 9-10, 25, 35

China's agricultural system, 97

communication technologies

electronic, 85, 139, 143, 153, 173, 195, 214
in extension and education, 184-188, 225
interactive, 202

crop yields, 25

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 33, 38, 59, 62, 154, 157, 159-165, 168, 174-176, 201, 232
course transition from agricultural to environmental, 133

curricula in extension, 197-200

D

E

Economic Development Institute of the World Bank see World Bank
economic impact of education, 61, 70, 75-76, 100, 209
ecosystems, 1, 40, 61
education

natural resource management, 2, 10, 20, 40-41, 82-84, 87
role of, 2, 13, 20, 34-35, 38, 42-44, 46, 50, 52, 61, 71

education and training
scientists, 81
in LDCs, 107-125

education in MDCs

current issues, 133-143

El Nino effect, 1

emploment potential, 209-210
environmental education, 60, 63-66, 70, 84-91, 148-151
erosion, 4, 6-7, 9, 11, 17, 20-23, 31, 33, 44, 48, 79, 96, 124, 162, 183
European education system, 131, 149
extension systems, 2, 31, 49-50, 62, 190-191

investment, 180-182
need to develop, 60, 68, 83, 97
origins, 179-180
related to education and research, 61, 71, 83, 88, 90, 93, 95, 99, 113-115, 129, 141, 143, 172- 174, 176, 188-190, 199, 205
staff, 196-197

F

farmers, 2, 26, 34, 36, 44, 46, 48-50, 52

need for education and training, 147, 162, 172- 173, 182-184

farming

traditional systems,79-80
in LDCs and MDCs, 185

fish resources

exploitation of, 19

Food and Agricultural Organization

food production

effect on environment, 1-3, 5-13, 16, 18, 19, 23, 72
future of, 17, 23, 26, 30-31, 36, 42, 46, 68- 69
in LDCs and MDCs, 20, 24, 82
requirements, 29
rice, 8-10, 13
supply and demand, 58, 60, 66-67
wheat, 8-9

food security, 124

foreign assistance, 91-97, 111, 120, 141

forest management, 11, 16-19, 57, 162

funding

education, 91-93, 100-103
by international development agencies, 157

future education in MDCs, 137-140

future of agricultural education, 31, 43, 69, 75, 102-104, 139

G

gross domestic product and agriculture, 68

genetic resources see biotechnology

global warming, 1, 13-15

government

expenditure, 91
funding, 82, 86, 124-125, 143, 147, 160, 173
policy realtive to education,216

greenhouse

effect, 1, 4, 13-15
gases, 11-14

Green Revolution, 9, 29, 94, 157, 161, 163

H

higher education, 61, 63-65, 69, 91-92, 99

in LDCs, 70, 75-89, 95-100, 168-176, 225

human impact on environment, 1-6, 83

I

IARCs and Universities, 168-171, 173, 176

information technology in NRM, 201

intensive cropping systems, 25

International Aid in LDCs, 78

International Development Agencies, 154, 157- 160

International Food Policy Research Institute, 7, 41, 59-60, 71, 114, 161-162

International Plant Genetics Resource Institute see biodiversity

International Rice Research Institute, 10

investment

education, 31, 39, 47, 82, 91-93, 100-103, 216
VET, 120

irrigation, 6,-9, 11, 25, 34, 36-37, 40-41, 44, 71, 75, 82- 83, 94, 116, 166, 184

International Service for National Agricultural Research see research

internet, 214-215

L

land

availability, 5
resources, 3, 12
management, 1-2, 5-7, 11-12, 18-19, 26, 47, 48, 58, 80

learning

definition, 208-209
learning about learning, 208-209, 211
NRM, 218

learning styles, 211

Less Developed Countries,

institutions, 60, 67, 69, 99
link to world economies, 76
sustainable agriculture, 66

Land Grant Colleges

contibutor to agricultural development, 130- 132, 191
functions, 141
model appropriateness, 99-100, 144-145
organizational structures, 141-142
origins, 136

linkages between IARCs and NARS, 164, 167- 168

M

meteorology,1

modification of systems in MDCs, 140-141, 144- 145, 148-149, 151-154

More Developed Countries

natural resource management, 19-20

N

National Agricultural Research Centers, 88, 90, 91, 97-98, 159, 164, 167-170, 174-175

National Research Council

research agenda, 60

national strategy to VET, 123

natural resource management, 1, 3, 6-7, 18-21

definition,1
knowledge and education, 59-63, 70-71, 207
policies, 59, 66, 69
resolving opposing arguments, 55-56
relationship between education and ecomomic development, 60-62

Nigeria's education system, 98-99

Non-government organizations, 50, 124

O

Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation, 75
origins of education in MDCs, 127-133

P

politics of environmental education, 149

population

impact on environment, 2-3, 5-6, 12, 20, 57
pressure/ stresses, 71, 151, 225

poverty problems and alleviation, 62, 76, 225

private or public funding, 203-204

producers, 63

public attitude towards

agriculture, 64, 134-137, 151
education, 91, , 134-137, 151

public sector institutions, 69

Top

R

rainfed cropping systems, 25

reforestation, 12, 25

research

development, 61, 63, 68, 84, 176
funding, 2, 20, 24, 40, 51, 86-87, 152-153, 159
international development agencies, 160-162, 164
investment, 2-3, 6, 8, 24, 29, 31, 39, 40, 47, 81
national resource management, 161

resources

pressure on, 3, 40
influence of humans on, 3-4, 6
land, water, soil etc. refer individually

S

Scottish education system, 129

social science, 1-3, 23, 88, 142

soil science,1

Sri Lankan VET, 116, 123

State Agricultural Universities, 95-96

students and the university system, 212-216

sub-tertiary education in LDCs, 75

sustainability

challenge in agricultural systems, 6, 63-65, 82

T

techniques used in agriculture, 3
technological investment, 29, 36
terrestrial resources
traditional education, 207, 220-223, 212
training and vocational system, 192-194

U

United Nationas Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 77

Universities

economic development, 80, 91-92
development of education in LDCs and MDCs, 80-82, 86
roles and constraints in NARS, 89

USAID

review, 87
in LDCs, 95-100, 111

V

Vocational Education and Training

definition, 108
development, 110, 121, 123
benefits and weaknesses, 111-112, 117, 136
LDCs and MDCs, 109-220, 125
modern agriculture, 116-118
role in NRM, 124
rural areas, 117, 119

W

water

logging, 9
management, 1, 3, 7-9, 10-11, 20

women

education, 185
VET, 119-120

World Bank

funding, 92-93, 95, 118, 181, 191
policies,85, 122, 159
projects, 93-94, 182, 187
stance on agriculture and the environment, 83
stance on education, 70, 76-78, 81, 84, 86-88, 92, 99, 101, 109-110, 112-113, 225