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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British agricultural educator and researcher who founded Wye College
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promotion of better methods among Sumatra's small farmers
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special agent for the Department of Agriculture, charged with promoting scientific farming in the South
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an American educator involved with nature and agricultural education
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was a Ghanaian agricultural educationist, administrator, journalist, editor and church minister
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was a Welsh agricultural educator and civil servant
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was a scientist and pioneer educator of agriculture in the Western United States
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the extension project of recruiting workers at the village level
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chemist, agricultural educator
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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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as head of the ISU Extension Service
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was the first Cooperative Extension Agent in the United States
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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. 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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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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He served as director of the Alabama Extension Service and was its longest-serving leader.
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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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Albert Belmont (A.B.) Graham (1868-1960) was an American educator and early leader of the Cooperative Extension System.
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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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