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Fox, Alison M.; Loope, Lloyd L. – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 2007
Increasingly recognized as having significant economic and ecological impacts, non-native invasive species have become an important interdisciplinary topic in biological and social science courses. Oceanic island systems like Hawaii have been particularly susceptible to invaders and efforts to prevent further invasions focus on reducing the…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Science Instruction, Relevance (Education), Critical Thinking
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Kiernan, N. E.; And Others – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 1995
Satellite seminars in grain and forage crop production and pest management were conducted for a large, geographically dispersed audience of farmers and agribusiness persons to test the feasibility of an alternative delivery method in extension. Results of a formative evaluation revealed it is feasible to create an alternative model. (LZ)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production
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Ha, Dang Thanh; Shively, Gerald – Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 2005
Mr. Nam, the vice chair of a village in Dak Lak province of Vietnam, was keen to protect farmers in his village from the sharp decline in prices of coffee ("Coffea canephora" Pierre ex Froehner). He did this by encouraging farmers in his village to plant cacao ("Theobroma cacao" L. subsp. "cacao"). Cacao was suitable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Land Use, Supply and Demand, Agronomy