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Agricultural Extension

Agricultural and Extension Education Services

Agricultural extension is the discipline that applies scientific research and new agricultural knowledge to farming practice through farmer education. It organizes communication and learning activities for rural communities across agriculture, marketing, health and business, typically carried out by educators working for government agencies. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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    Agricultural extension is the application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education.
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Alfred Daniel Hall (Wikipedia)
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British agricultural educator and researcher who founded Wye College
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Wikipedia: Hans Westenberg
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promotion of better methods among Sumatra's small farmers
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Encyclopedia.com: Seaman Asahel Knapp
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special agent for the Department of Agriculture, charged with promoting scientific farming in the South
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Wikipedia: Cyril A. Stebbins
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an American educator involved with nature and agricultural education
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Carl Henry Clerk - Wikipedia
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was a Ghanaian agricultural educationist, administrator, journalist, editor and church minister
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Wikipedia: Cadwaladr Bryner Jones
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was a Welsh agricultural educator and civil servant
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Luther Foster - Wikipedia
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was a scientist and pioneer educator of agriculture in the Western United States
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Arthur T. Mosher (Wikipedia)
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the extension project of recruiting workers at the village level
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Hirsch Loeb Sabsovich (Wikipedia)
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chemist, agricultural educator
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William S. Clark (Wikipedia)
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In 1867, Clark became the third president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College (MAC), now the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Perry Greeley Holden (Wikipedia)
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as head of the ISU Extension Service
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Thomas Monroe Campbell (Wikipedia)
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was the first Cooperative Extension Agent in the United States
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William Lowrie (Wikipedia)
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Lowrie travelled throughout the wheat-growing districts of South Australia, addressing farmers and endeavouring to persuade them to adopt his methods
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E. T. York (Wikipedia)
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E. Travis York Jr. (July 4, 1922, April 15, 2011) was an American agronomist, professor, university administrator, agricultural extension administrator, and U.S. presidential adviser.
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Luther Duncan, Wikipedia
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He helped develop 4-H youth programs in Alabama, was director of the Alabama Extension Service (now Alabama Cooperative Extension System), and was president of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University).
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Wikipedia: P. O. Davis
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He served as director of the Alabama Extension Service and was its longest-serving leader.
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Lawrence Obibuaku (Wikipedia)
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Lawrence Onyekele Obibuaku (5 June 1926-8 June 2021) was a Nigerian agricultural extension expert, academic and administrator.
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A. B. Graham (Wikipedia)
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Albert Belmont (A.B.) Graham (1868-1960) was an American educator and early leader of the Cooperative Extension System.
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Wikipedia: Emory Alvord
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Emory Delmont Alvord (March 25, 1899, May 6, 1959) was an American missionary and agriculturalist. Known for his missionary work in Rhodesia, Alvord's demonstrative methods are credited with revolutionising African agriculture
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