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5 The Evolution of Extension at the Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture
5 The Evolution of Extension at the Land Grant Colleges of Agriculture
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For example, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey offered six lectures each on soils and crops, feeding plants, and animal nutrition at different locations around the state. 1E The 1914Smith LeverActestablished extension on a nationwide basis es a unique cooperative effort by federal, state, and local governments.
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Urban and rural nutrition programs, such as the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) , have been a particular focus of Congressional earmarks.
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Independent crop consultants are typically educated at the land grant colleges because they are required to obtain a 4-year agricultural science 1 ~ ~ ~ Degree before they can be certified. The association has produced position papers promoting revisions to curricula at the colleges, revisions designed to make coursework more pertinent to the in-the-field practice of crop consulti ng (B radshaw a nd Ma rq ua rt, 1 990~.
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among base programs involving farm service, community development, natural resource management, and consumer education programs. ~ Extension specialists are located at every land grant college of agriculture, and extension agents operate in almost every county in the nation.
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For example, California, with a highly developed commercial agriculture, devotes more than one-half of its extension staff years to "agricultural competitiveness and profitability"; while West Virginia, with a larger low-income population, allocates twothirds of its extension staff to programs aimed at the development of communities, families, youth, and leadership (Appendix Table 3~.
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Similarly, 10 percent of extension staff was assigned to nutrition, diet and health programs, in contrast to the 4 percent of research scientists that reported research in these areas (Figure 5-4~. ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION Does the research-extension continuum, for which the land grant system is so well known, still function well?
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