Extractions: Newcastle University Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Undergraduate Study Student Life ... home Undergraduate Degrees Modules Current Students Careers ... printable version From here you can access information on what it's really like to study at the School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development and find out more about the vibrant social life enjoyed by our students!
Policy-agric,euro The reform of the CAP and the vital move towards a more sustainable organic futurecan then take place in a context in which rural life is not destroyed. http://www.ldeg.org/briefs/policy-agric,euro.htm
Extractions: TORIES AND LABOUR BETRAY THE FARMERS I n the 4 years 1996-2000, prices for farm products have fallen by 31%, output has fallen by 20% and farm incomes by 61% in real terms. The main cause was the rise in value of sterling by 37% in that period. The pain for farming has been even more brutal than for manufacturing because support prices for all its output (not just the traded part) are fixed in Euros and compensatory arrangements for exchange rate fluctuations are being phased out. The milk support price fell from 26p per litre to 16p between 1995 and 2000 (of which 6p was a direct consequence of the rise in the £). Other support prices fell too. As a result, 42,000 jobs were lost in farming, many farms were pushed to the edge of bankruptcy and investment in agriculture fell by 40%. It was primarily the rise in sterling which caused these problems, exacerbated by the mishandling of the BSE crisis and now by the tragedy of foot and mouth disease. The recent modest recovery in the Euro exchange rate eased the pain and brought a little hope. But a secure future will only be possible if membership of the Euro at a reasonable exchange rate within the next few years provides stability. The reform of the CAP and the vital move towards a more sustainable organic future can then take place in a context in which rural life is not destroyed. William Hague's policy of excluding Euro membership in the next parliament is thus a blatant betrayal of farmers' economic interest - putting political demagogy first. The Brown policy of neglecting the exchange rate has created a two speed economy in which, as one farmer put it "Those who play with money prosper, and those who make or grow things take the pain"
Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada Drought Programs Home rural life Links Contact Us www.agric.gov.ab.ca/navigation/sustain/agdisaster/index.htm Grasshopper control program http://www.strathcona.ab.ca/Strathcona/Rural Life/Country Talk/September 2002/Dr
Extractions: Owners of breeding livestock in all regions of Alberta, forced to sell all or part of their herd in 2002 due to drought conditions, will be eligible for a one-year tax deferral on 2002 income from those sales. Eligible producers will be able to request this deferral when filing their 2002 income tax returns. Livestock producers are asked to contact the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency office at 1-800-959-5525 and ask for a Senior Officer. Farm Income Assistance Program
Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada Rural Contact List Strathcona County Guide to rural Living 2004 Contact list. Alberta agriculture,Food and rural Development. 1-866-882-7677. www.agric.gov.ab.ca http://www.strathcona.ab.ca/Strathcona/Rural Life/Guide to rural living/Rural co
Ag Tourism Market Potential Assessment Take part in seasonal farm life activities by experiencing seeding, baling, Take an educational rural tour to better understand our commonly seen crops http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/apa7606?opendocument
SEED - SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION - Comenius 3 The task of usage of ZAMCULTUREagric ejournal consist of PRA is a welldocumented approach to learning about rural life and conditions from, http://seed.schule.at/webpage.php?folder=11478&modul=projectnews&news=&bereich=&
Agric. Economics & Farm Mgmt. Graduate Degree Program and Farm Management is to develop competence in solving real world problemsrelating to food production and marketing and the quality of rural life. http://www.umanitoba.ca/afs/agric_economics/programs/grad.html
Extractions: University of Manitoba The Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management offers graduate instruction leading to the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. The purpose of graduate training in Agricultural Economics and Farm Management is to develop competence in solving real world problems relating to food production and marketing and the quality of rural life. The discipline of agricultural economics is problem oriented with the focus being on the application or adaptation of economic theory to resource utilization. Admission Requirements For admission to the graduate program in Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, the applicant must possess the equivalent of the B.S.A. degree with a major in Agricultural Economics or an Honors degree in Economics from The University of Manitoba, or any other degree which provides an equally strong basis for a graduate program in the Department. If the applicant has deficiencies of more than 12 credit hours, a requirement may be to successfully complete a pre-Master's program before being admitted to a regular graduate program. Acceptance of students intending to pursue graduate studies is based upon a careful appraisal of their academic records and the recommendations of references. All students graduating from a university outside of North America must take a Graduate Record Examination. All students whose primary language is not English must provide evidence of proficiency in English, such as a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 550.
UC Davis Catalog 98-9/Internatl Agric Devel Grad skills, and abilities needed to stimulate, assist, or manage agriculturaldevelopment and enhance rural life in developing countries. http://registrar.ucdavis.edu/UCDWebCatalog98_99/WebCatCrs/gc_iadgg.htm
Extractions: Faculty. The Group includes faculty from the Colleges of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science, and the School of Veterinary Medicine. Graduate Study. The International Agricultural Development M.S. degree program prepares U.S. and foreign students for careers in agricultural and rural development around the world. The group's approximately 85 faculty members possess a wide range of experience in international development. The philosophy guiding the program is that graduates must have strong preparation in a specific field within the agricultural and social sciences. Thirty different specializations are offered. In addition, to apply their specializations, graduates should be perceptive and understanding of people in developing nations, and have a comprehension of how technological, social, economic, and political variables affect the development process. They should have insight into individual and group motivations and be able to discern ways to initiate changes. The program provides a multidisciplinary education designed to recognize these needs. It guides students to the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to stimulate, assist, or manage agricultural development and enhance rural life in developing countries. Students are prepared to accomplish technological and biological improvement in agricultural methods and to encourage social innovations where appropriate. Specialization is available in fields ranging from agricultural economics, agronomy, animal science, and community development to agricultural ecology, international nutrition, and women's issues, all with an emphasis on international development.
UC Davis Catalog 1999-2000/Internatl Agric Devel Grad skills that will enable them to implement, facilitate, and manage programsthat enhance agricultural development, resource management, and rural life. http://registrar.ucdavis.edu/UCDWebCatalog99_00/WebCatCrs/gc_iadgg.htm
Extractions: Faculty. The Group includes faculty from the Colleges of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science, and the School of Veterinary Medicine. Graduate Study. The International Agricultural Development M.S. degree program prepares students for careers in global agricultural and rural development, especially of developing and less-industrialized regions. This is an interdisciplinary program designed to provide students with knowledge and skills that will enable them to implement, facilitate, and manage programs that enhance agricultural development, resource management, and rural life. Students are prepared to accomplish biological and technological improvement in agricultural and natural systems to facilitate social innovation. Training in International Agricultural Development includes both breadth and depth components. Breadth components, required of all M.S. students, aim to establish an understanding of the issues in international development as it relates to agriculture and the environment. These include the history and philosophy of development, leadership and management techniques, fundamentals of crop and livestock farming systems, and agricultural economics. Students acquire depth in their own areas of specialization within the agricultural and social sciences. These areas include agricultural economics, agroecology, agronomy, animal science, community development, cropping systems, gender issues, international nutrition, and natural resource policy, among others.
Extractions: 5. Women's participation in education, training and extension 5. Women's participation in education, training and extension Table 7: Educational levels in rural areas by sex (percent), 1990-1991. Country Educational Level Low* Medium** High*** Estonia M F Latvia M F Lithuania a M F Poland M F Czech Rep. F Slovakia M Hungary F Slovenia M F Croatia M F Bulgaria b M F Finland M F Austria c M F Ireland M F Source: Focal Informants *Elementary school or less **More than elementary but less than university ***University level a b c One of the main problems in rural areas is the low level of education. In all the project countries rural people are less educated than people in cities. In most of the project countries the level of education for rural women is even lower than that for men (Table 7). Only in Poland and Hungary is the level of education for rural women slightly higher than that of rural men, although in these countries the general level of education in rural areas is the lowest. The proportion of women educated to a high level is higher in all the CEE countries than it is in Austria. 5.1 Women's participation in professional education and training
Extractions: Plant Physiology , October 2003, Vol. 133, pp. 427-437 This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in ISI Web of Science Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal ... Cited by other online articles Search for citing articles in: ISI Web of Science (2) PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Dundon, S. J. Agricola Articles by Dundon, S. J. EDITOR'S CHOICE SERIES ON AGRICULTURAL ETHICS Stanislaus J. Dundon My purpose here is to help all agriculturalists, but especially researchers, feel comfortable using ethics in handling the multiple and often conflicting demands that sectors of the public press on agriculture. For three or four decades, pressures have been brought to bear upon farming and those who serve it in any capacity to widen the list of tasks to which agriculture should be devoted.
408 PLANT LIFE AND RELATED SERVICE OCCUPATIONS 408.131010 SUPERVISOR, SPRAY, LAWN AND TREE SERVICE (agric. Locates anddestroys noxious weeds in rural municipality Inspects roadsides and ditches http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/ucce50/ag-labor/7manual/7dao408.htm
Extractions: This group includes occupations typically found in establishments providing blight, weed, and pest control; and landscaping, tree, and related services on a fee or contract basis. Farm equipment operators are classified in Group 409. Crop-preparation-service-for-market occupations, such as sorting, grading, and packing fruit and vegetables; and nut hulling and shelling are classified in Division 92. 408.131-010 SUPERVISOR, SPRAY, LAWN AND TREE SERVICE (agric.) crew manager. 408.137-010 SUPERVISOR, INSECT AND DISEASE INSPECTION (agric.) disease-and-insect-control boss. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in detecting presence of noxious insects and plant diseases in field crops and counting insect population applying knowledge of standard sampling of acreage involved to determine need for modifying sampling techniques and to determine number of workers needed. Assigns fields identifying characteristics of prevalent insects and diseases. Compiles disease report for each field. Transports workers to and from fields using truck. Performs other duties as described under SUPERVISOR (any ind.). Supervises and coordinates the activities of workers engaged in removing trees that interfere with electric power lines: Examines work order to determine location of trees to be pruned or felled by trimming crews. Reads street and road maps and drives truck to transport crew to worksite. Inspects electric power lines near trees to be trimmed and secures clearance to work on lines if necessary. Directs placement of rigging for hoisting tools to workers in trees and for lowering severed tree limbs to ground. Supervises workers in cutting away branches of power lines. Orders removal of trees when necessary. Explains tree trimming activities to consumers when working on consumers' property. Keeps daily work records. Occasionally trims trees. Performs other duties as described under SUPERVISOR (any ind.).
Non-GM-Farmers.com - American Farmers Viewpoint National Campaign for Sustainable agriculture National Catholic rural life Western Sustainable agric Working Group Women, Food and agriculture http://www.non-gm-farmers.com/news_print.asp?ID=518
Commitment For Life 25 women, 35 youth, 49 agrictural) 589 gatherings in total in 2003. We have a CD of pictures of rural life and the destruction of livelihoods. http://www.cforl.org.uk/partners/PalestinianTerritories/movingstories.asp?id=128
Agrifoods Increasingly, tourists want to experience rural life, meet and interact with thelocal people. Agritourism can include farm bed and breakfast operations, http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/agric/fbm/agri-tourism.stm
Extractions: Government Home Home Contact Us Publications ... Related Sites Information APF Farm Zone Weather Heritage Animals News Releases ... Publications Topics of Interest Animal Diseases Crops Farm Management Life Science ... About the Industry Choose a Topic Agrifoods Government Animal Diseases Contact Us Crops Farm Mgmt Feedback Festivals/Events Heritage Animals Life Sciences Livestock Marketing/Stats News Releases Programs Publications Related Sites What is Agri-Tourism? Agri-tourism is an expanding sector within Canada and around the world. It is the economic activity that occurs when people link travel with products, services, and experiences of the agriculture and food system. Increasingly, tourists want to experience rural life, meet and interact with the local people. Agri-tourism can include farm bed and breakfast operations, farm vacations, horse and carriage rides, hay rides, picnic and camping sites on farms, on-farm craft and food stores, educational tours, agricultural fairs and farmer field days; farmers markets, and the list goes Why Agri-Tourism?
Bioconversion Of Organic Residues For Rural Communities life span (years), 11, 11. Age at first calving, 5, 35 Food agric., 761055 1975). 19. KL Blaxter, The Energy Metabolism of Ruminants p. http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80434e/80434E0e.htm
Extractions: Contents Previous Next A simple method of treating straw with alkali has recently been developed that can boost the rate of gain of growing animals and the output of adult stock substantially and cheaply. The digestibility of straw is low - only 40 - 50 per cent - and thus it does not give much energy to the animals that eat it. The alkali treatment of straw increases digestibility to 50 - 60 per cent. Animals also eat 10 - 20 per cent more of the treated straw. As a result they get much more energy (up to 50 per cent more) when straw is treated. The method of treatment is simple and requires nothing more than a garden sprinkling can, a hay fork, a pair of rubber gloves, and a pair of goggles. The latter two are for safety, as caustic soda can burn the skin and eyes if it splashes. Care must, therefore, be taken in handling it. In case of accident, the affected area should be immediately washed with large amounts of clean water Once the alkali is sprinkled on the straw it is no longer harmful. The straw must be broken or chaffed in order to be treated uniformly and easily. The straw to be treated is piled onto a pucca floor. One man sprinkles the caustic soda solution over the straw and another man turns the pile simultaneously with the hay fork. It is important to achieve uniform wetting of the straw. In order to obtain the maximum benefit from treated straw, it should further be treated with urea. The urea should be made into a solution (1 kg/10 1) and sprinkled on the straw at the rate of 1 1/10 kg of straw just before feeding. A complete mineral mixture should also be added to the diet.
CUinfo: Spring '04 Roster: Internat Agric Devel (INTAG) Agriculture and life Sciences Spring 04 Course and Time Roster COFFMAN WINTAG 603 ADM OF AG rural DEV 4.0 HRS S/U OR LET COMEETING WITH GOVT 692 http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Academic/RSS4/RSS4INTAG.html
Extractions: Spring '04 Course and Time Roster Internat Agric Devel (INTAG) CO-MEETING WITH NTRES 480 084-162 FOOD 480 574-071 PREREQUISITES: OPEN TO JUNIORS, SENIORS, AND GRADUATE STUDENTS. LEC 01 T 0905-0955A LASSOIE, J. SUB-COURSES LAB 01 T 0430-0630P LASSOIE, J. SEC 01 R 0905-0955A LASSOIE, J. INTAG 494 SPECIAL TOPICS IN INTAG 2.0 HRS S/U ONLY ENROLLMENT LIMITED TO SOPHMORE AND JUNIORS, AND BY PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR ONLY. SEC 01 TBA STAFF INTAG 496 INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP 6.0 VAR HRS S/U OR LET SEE CALS INTERNSHIP POLICIES AND SUBMIT APPROVED INTERNSHIP FORM PRIOR TO ENROLLMENT. SEC 01 TBA STAFF INTAG 497 INDPT STUDY IN INTAG 4.0 VAR HRS S/U OR LET PREREQ: APPROVED INDPT STUDY FORM REQUIRED TO ENROLL. SEC 01 TBA STAFF INTAG 598 INTNL DEV MPS PROJECT PAPER 6.0 VAR HRS S/U ONLY A MAXIMUM OF 6 CREDITS MAY BE APPLIED TOWARD MPS DEGREE REQUIREMENTS. LIMITED TO CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
