《農(nóng)業(yè)推廣碩士英語教程》系全國農(nóng)業(yè)推廣碩士專業(yè)學(xué)位教育指導(dǎo)委員會組織編寫并推薦的農(nóng)業(yè)推廣碩士研究生教材,由全國農(nóng)業(yè)推廣碩士專業(yè)學(xué)位教育指導(dǎo)委員會資助出版。本教材結(jié)構(gòu)上包括12個(gè)單元,每個(gè)單元由A、B、C三篇內(nèi)容相關(guān)的課文組成。課文A為主課文,課文B和C為輔助性課文,課文后是注解和練習(xí),書后配有練習(xí)答案。內(nèi)容上涉及四大主題:以農(nóng)民為中心的農(nóng)業(yè)推廣(farmer-led extension),推廣中的性別問題(gender and extension),果蔬、家禽和營銷(growing vegetables and fruits.poultryand marketing),以及可持續(xù)農(nóng)業(yè)(sustainable agriculture)。適用于農(nóng)業(yè)推廣碩士研究生、農(nóng)科院校的研究生和教師,以及廣大農(nóng)業(yè)科技工作者。
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前言
Unit 1 Agricultural Extension in Developing Countries
Text A Problems and Ideas in Agricultural Extension
Text B Training Agricultural Extension Workers
Text C Adoption and Diffusion of Innovations
Unit 2 Management Planning and Policy
Text A Managing Agricultural Extension
Text B Programme Planning
Text C Group Promoters in Rural Development
Unit 3 Farmer-led Extension
Text A Concepts and Practices in Farmer-led Extension
Text B Roles and Responsibilities in Farmer-to-farmer Extension (1)
Text C Roles and Responsibilities in Farmer-to-farmer Extension (2)
Unit 4 Issues and Problems in Farmer-to-farmer Extension
Text A Selection of Farmer-extensionists
Text B Payment and Time Allocation
Text C Other Issues and Problems
Unit 5 Understanding How Gender Affects Agricultural Production
Text A Gender Factors and Womens Roles in Agriculture
Text B Constraints Women Farmers Face: Barriers to Access (1)
Text C Constraints Women Farmers Face: Barriers to Access (2)
Unit 6 Improving the Delivery of Extension to Women Farmers
Text A Gender in Agricultural Extension
Text B Communicating with Farmers
Text C Monitoring and Evaluation
Unit 7 Pest Control in Growing Vegetables and Fruits
Text A Natural Methods for the Prevention of Pests in Cultivated Plants
Text B Natural Methods of Pest Control
Text C Pesticides
Unit 8 Poultry
Text A Poultry in Context
Text B Integration of Poultry Production into Agricultural Systems in the Tropics"
Text C Marketing Poultry Products
Unit 9 The Wheels of Trade
Text A Developing Markets for Business Services
Text B Setting the Terms of Discussion: A Model for the Delivery of BDS
Text C A Fresh Analysis of a Traditional Approach
Unit 10 Farming for the Future
Text A Sustainable Agriculture
Text B Agricultural Research and Extension
Text C Additional Options for LEIA
Unit 11 LEISA in Perspective (1)
Text A In Search of Sustainability
Text B Processes That Cause Change and Affect Sustainability
Text C Is Agricultural Intensification Ecologically Sustainable?
Unit 12 LEISA in Perspective (2)
Text A Different Expressions of LEISA
Text B Participatory Learning, Planning and Action toward LEISA
Text C Building Bridges to LEISA
Key to Exercises
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