Agricultural Extension

User icon Jenni Wilson
7 March 2022
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Agricultural extension is the application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education. The field of 'extension' now encompasses a wider range of communication and learning activities organized for rural people by educators from different disciplines, including agriculture, agricultural marketing, health, and business studies.



DWFI: Water for Food Institute · 9 July 2020 English

In the Central Great Plains, there are inces of Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan in Canada, two primary water sources for irrigation: rivers and reser- where they are called the Prairies, …


WRI: World Resources Institute · 2 September 2022 English

Land restoration is an effective nature-based solution for combating rural poverty and climate change across Latin America. But without well-designed public incentives that reward farmers and forest managers for protecting …