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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Anastasios, Michailidis; Koutsouris, Alex; Konstadinos, Mattas – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2010
This article critically assesses the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as agricultural extension tools. Specifically, the purpose of the current piece of work is to identify the extent of the use of ICTs on farms, look into farmers' characteristics as related to ICTs' adoption and explore farmers' preferred extension…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Extension Agents, Multivariate Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Alexopoulos, George; Koutsouris, Alex; Tzouramani, Irene – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2009
Since its establishment in the early 1950s, the Greek Extension Service has undergone considerable changes. Especially after 1981, a bureaucratic-administrative role related to the implementation of the CAP has been undertaken. In parallel, in the international scene, governments have started experimenting with various cost-recovery mechanisms for…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Extension Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Finance
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Koutsouris, Alex – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2008
Agronomists (scientists and extensionists), despite the emergence of interactive approaches, still have troubles with (the introduction of) innovations, such as sustainable forms of agriculture. This article critically addresses such difficulties based on the evaluation of a project mainly concerning the introduction of Integrated Crop Management…
Descriptors: Innovation, Agriculture, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development