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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787815803321

Titolo

Towards impact and resilience : transformative change in and through agricultural education and training in Sub-Saharan Africa / / edited by Frans Swanepoel, Zenda Ofir and Aldo Stroebel ; Teshome Alemneh [and twenty two others], contributors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-6728-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (547 p.)

Disciplina

630.71

Soggetti

Agricultural education - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; CONTRIBUTORS; BIOGRAPHIES OF EDITORS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND PEER-REVIEW PROCESS; ACRONYMS; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART TWO; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; PART THREE; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; PART FOUR; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; PART FIVE; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; BIOGRAPHIES OF AUTHORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book, consisting of 17 chapters, focuses on clarifying the challenges, issues, and priorities of Agricultural Education and Training (AET) in sub-Saharan Africa, and provides suggestions for practical solutions that can help guide organisations interested in furthering AET for agricultural development on the continent. It discusses the African context within which a transformed AET system needs to be located; analyses African and international experiences that are relevant to identified ...