...Extension and Rural Youth X. Emerging Thoughts in Extension Preface Agricultural extension is an educational process which has its goal to help the rural people to build a better life by conveying the useful and needed information at appropriate time. It is essential for agricultural development. It plays a major part in technology transfer to the rural areas. Though the concept of agricultural extension started in early 16th century but the actual functioning started only after the second world war. Dr. K. T. Chandy, Agricultural & Environmental Education I. Introduction Agricultural extension is a branch of agriculture which assists the farmers to bring about continuous improvement in their physical, economic and social well being through individual and cooperative efforts. In other words, it helps in the development of an individual and the village community as a whole. It makes available to the farming community the scientific and technical information, training and guidance to solve the problems in agriculture including animal husbandry, gardening, horticulture, silviculture, agricultmal engineering etc. Agricultural extension helps the village people to help themselves and to raise the standard of their living. Thus, the goal of extension process is to enable people to use the skills, knowledge and information to improve their quality of life. India's extension programme is said to be "unique" because it has both community development...
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...and Business Master’s Degree Program on Community Development Leadership Course Title: Global Poverty and Economic Development Term Paper Research Proposal Topic FINDING AN APPROPRIATE MIX OF FUNDING STRATEGIES FOR DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES TO PROMOTE POVERTY REDUCTION AND SUSTAINABLE RURAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN GHANA PRESENTED TO: Professor Chung – Sik Yoo PRESENTED BY: Samuel Danaa DATE: September 23, 2014 1.0 Introduction: Ghana was the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to attain independence and the post-independence economy appeared stable and prosperous raising the development hopes of its citizens. This was a period of real hope and expectations. After over fifty years its actual development is far below the development potential it holds and various propositions have been offered as to the way forward. Nearly more than half of Ghana’s population live in rural areas under what, by modern standards may be characterized as harsh and subnormal conditions. Every Ghanaian government since independence has been committed to improving the quality of life in the rural areas; however, they have been overwhelmed by economic conditions most of which they have been unable to control. Examining the achievements agencies tasked with responsibility, it is quite apparent that their successes in combating the development problem in rural areas are dismal. Having come to grips...
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...| CURRICULUM VITAE | | IDDRISU ABDUL-RAHMAN | | | | Personal informationName Iddrisu Abdul-Rahman Date of Birth: February 9, 1988Place of Birth: Tamale Languages: English, Dagbani, Hausa and Twi POST OFFICE BOX 456 E/RTAMALE-N/RTel: 0208088018/0242053940e-mail: iargbana@yahoo.comEDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND2012-2013 UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIESM.A NGO Management and Rural Development2006-2010 UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIESB.A Integrated Development Studies (Planning and Rural Development Option)2002-2005 GHANA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Senior Secondary School Certificate, General Artsprofile An efficient combination of idealism and pragmatism is what drives me, as I always continue to ask the questions- what could, can and will it be? I believe that there always exists a positive-sum alternative; it takes an appreciation for strategic, innovative, and systemic thought, along with a relentless quest filled with patience, hope and passion. My areas of expertise include, Business Development, Programme/Project Management and, Credit/Loan Management. CAREER OBJECTIVEI seek to work in an organisation that encourages an enterprising culture of the employee and enhances skill through frequent training and orientation. COURSESStatistics and Computing Introduction to Micro Economics Project, Program Planning and Implementation Mathematics for Social ScientistsReal Property PlanningResearch methods and techniquesPROFESSIONAL/work...
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...The forest has two individual geological regions which are the Cascade Range and the Siskiyou Mountains. | Build-up of fuels in fire-prone forests, (Forest Guild.org, 2014). | Implemented the National Fire Plan, theHealthy Forests Initiative (HFI), and the Healthy Forests Restoration Act(HFRA) to facilitate fuel reduction projects, (Forest Guild.org, 2014). | Mechanical thinning of small trees and prescribed fire. | Part 2 Take your information from Part 1 and use it to create a Sustainability Plan. Your sustainability plan should present what, when, and how something is to be sustained and maintained now and into the indefinite future. Your plan can be submitted in a narrative or table format. The Corporation for National and Community Service (n.d.) provides the following list of components that make up a sustainability plan that should be included in your paper or table: 1. Action items: Provide the items or activities that need to be addressed or that need to...
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...Small Scale Enterprise Development TRAINING SCHEDULE November 19-30, 2012 Rural development generally includes supporting local people’s livelihoods through income-generating activities and small-scale enterprises. Previous program experiences point to the importance of building local entrepreneurship capacity, establishing business organizations, and enabling access to key institutional support services. New challenges have emerged that influence success of these development efforts such as: 1) managing the impact of emerging markets on rural producers and consumers, 2) improving competitiveness and efficiency of small-scale enterprises, and 3) promoting equitable gender sensitive contributions and benefits among stakeholders including private sector. More recently, value chain approaches have been explored to bring more benefits to rural producers through better market links. Course Description The course focuses on integrating a value chain perspective in rural development, and how this conceptual and methodological framework can enhance program strategies for sustainable livelihoods, profitable small scale enterprises and socially responsive private sector. Learning content includes: basic principles and concepts of value chain development, practical methods and tools in integrating value chain perspective in rural development programming, and lessons learned from case studies on linking rural enterprises to dynamic value chains. The course specifically covers value chain...
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...AN ASSESSMENT OF THE BANKING HABITS OF NIGERIAN RURAL POPULACE: A CASE STUDY OF KUDAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE. By MALACHY, GIMBA SOLOMON (U08BA1132) A Project Submitted to the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for the Award of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Degree in Business Administration (Banking and Finance). September, 2012. DECLARATION I earnestly declare that this study has been carried out by me, that it is a record of my own research and other review of related literature. It has not been presented in any previous application for any degree. The various sources of information are duly acknowledged in the references. __________________________ _______________ MALACHY, GIMBA SOLOMON DATE CERTIFICATION This project entitled “An Assessment of the Banking Habits of Nigerian rural Populace: a case study of Kudan Local Government Area of Kaduna State”, written by Malachy, Gimba Solomon, has been read and approved by the relevant authorities as meeting the regulations governing the award of Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and for its contribution to knowledge and literary presentation. ___________________________ _______________ Mallam Dalhatu Bashir Iman Date (Project Supervisor) ___________________________ _______________ Mallam Aminu Gumi Date (Project...
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...An investigation into the role of rural banks. The perspective of Kumawuman rural bank limited customers Chapter 1 CHAPTER 1 1.0 General Introduction 1.1 Background of the study Since its independence in 1957, the Ghanaian government has made several attempts to promote rural development in an effort to increase the living standards of the people who reside in rural areas (Kudiabor 1974). In the last three decades, the Ghanaian government has instituted new changes in government organization and developed new sources of rural credit to encourage private investment. The 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Ghana makes a commitment to rural development as part of a national strategy to improve the living conditions in rural areas. In spite of the name, rural banks are found in both rural and urban settings. They are supervised by both the central bank and the ARB Apex bank which is the umbrella bank for all rural banks. In recent times they have integrated into the payments and banking systems in the country though it is believed that they have existed informally for a very long time. The existence of rural banks has made banking available to the ordinary Ghanaian and has made it less frightening. Their operations include credit and deposit services for relatively poor clients. The generally expected roles of rural banks are to: 1. Mobilize savings from residents in the rural communities 2. Accept cash and cheques for the crediting of current and savings...
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...The health care delivery system in Utah is set up much the same as many other states, from the opportunity for the community to participate in Medicaid or Medicare programs, to all sort of resources, from information on local health departments, campaigns and awareness programs, to allowing for easy access to the licensing bureau to ensure the safety and comfort of assisted living centers and nursing homes. According to health.utah.gov, growth rates in Utah for Medicaid have far exceeded the annual revenue for the last two decades. Health care costs are continuing to soar, while many people are suffering without insurance or proper care when they are in need of it most. The State of Utah has contracts with many health care organizations in which it can arrange quality care and continually improve on ways to manage health care costs, cover medical procedures, and allow opportunities for the community to be aware of how and when to utilize the benefits that they are provided, whether it be through state or government agencies, or employer’s plans. The State of Utah wants to reduce health care costs, which it can help maintain by providing out-of-network payment limitations when dealing with Medicaid, and with their budget management strategy the state makes supplemental payments to its teaching hospital. The State is also strategizing on making each Medicaid client responsible and accountable for their portion of the system, as well as replacing limits on the copayment amounts...
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...and describe how it is typically being used in either a rural or an urban setting at the present time. For the setting you chose, what are telemedicine’s overall strengths? What are its overall weaknesses? Next, select an allied health profession and describe how telemedicine is now or could affect patient care in that field. In your responses to colleagues, select posts that discuss different settings and professions (if possible) and offer a fresh perspective or a novel approach as to how telemedicine could be more fully used. HLT 314V WEEK 5 DISCUSSION 2 Select a current or emerging trend in the delivery of health care or in professional practice from the allied health perspective in one of the following areas: (1) health care reform, (2) provider shortages, (3) practice trends, (4) leadership challenges, or (5) health IT. Provide a summary analysis of the trend, expected impacts on health care delivery or professional practice, and your assessment of the pros and cons. HLT 314V WEEK 5 ASSIGNMENT CLC – HEALTH CARE LITERACY PRESENTATION Details: This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment. Select two strategies focused on health care literacy for developing an intervention targeted to a selected population or cultural community. Use information and knowledge you have collectively gained from the course to create a PowerPoint slide presentation that accomplishes the following: 1. The presentation must incorporate information on policy formation, research...
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...AHECSW (Area Health Education Center of Southwest Oregon) is a non-profit organization that partners with organizations in rural communities in order to improve the health of people who live in southwest Oregon. There are currently not enough healthcare providers to meet all of the healthcare needs of the community because the majority of them are close to retirement age (AHEC, 2013). With that being said, my group decided to have a meeting to encourage the high school students who attend to consider joining the medical field. Rose Zoellner, the woman who was in charge of helping us set up our meeting, was extremely friendly, helpful and informative. She told Timberlie, Kayla, Kyle and I to have our presentation in a conference room at the...
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...The 2020 Healthy People target objective is. This target objective is needed within the community for a behavioral change towards tobacco cessation. We want to be able to implement this target objective within the community by health promotion and disease prevention. In order to implement this change in behavior we will use an educational background about tobacco use to inform our audience. The target population of this program is Monroe County, which is a small community with a population of 45,771. The small size of Monroe County can limit health opportunities and programs within the community. Monroe County is located in the southeastern portion of Tennessee and is approximately 653 square miles. Monroe County is considered a rural area...
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...MKS0119 Nokia’s Rural Marketing Strategies in India: Reaching Out to the Bottom of Pyramid “The rural consumer is discerning and the rural market is vibrant. At the current rate of growth, it will soon outstrip the urban market. The rural market is not sleeping any longer. We are.”1 – Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group of Industries To expand its presence, Nokia is planning to launch a new service ‘Nokia Life Tools’ that would provide information on market price, weather, etc., to information-starved farmers. While the idea is not new, the challenge in front of Nokia is to convert the 70 million rural mobile users in using its service, amidst competition from local input dealers and ITC e-Choupal that offers similar services. Rural Marketing in India: Demographics and Economics Out of India’s population of over 1 billion, 70% lives in rural India.2 India consists of 627,000 villages3 with 13% of them having a population of above 2000.4 For the people of rural India, agriculture is the main occupation. Agriculture contributes 17.8% to India’s GDP with about 60% of the workforce employed in the agriculture sector in 2008.5 Since independence, rural India went through a socio-economic transformation due to the various initiatives taken by the ministry of rural development.6 However, till 1990s, the gap between rural and urban development remained wide. With the implementation of minimum support price (the rate at which the government buys the farm produce to prevent farmers from...
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...delivering farm inputs to rural places. First, they would buy farm inputs from their farmers network and store it in 20 warehouses. After they would rent out hundred's of 10-ton trucks to send out to farmers in the field. The farmers then would pick up their orders and bring it back to their farms. Farmers then pay in small amounts over a period of time, to cover the expenses of the delivery. The organization also provides training to farmers in the field every two weeks to gain knowledge and access on productive farming skills. The take-home message for Andrew Youn Ted Talks was that eliminating poverty and hunger can be very achievable with the help of spreading modern farming tools and knowledge to rural places. Esther Duflo is an economist who does field research to learn about social experiments to fight poverty. She first gave a big question of whether the aid we spent in the past has made a difference, however she was unable to answer that, we taught us to break down the big questions into smaller questions that we could answer. She then states that through experimenting and testing on social policy, we are able to see results that allow us to answer the smaller questions that can...
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...Doctor Shortage Impacts Rural Areas Jean Larsen Senior Project Kristi Hund March 1, 2011 Abstract The United States is experiencing a substantial shortage of physicians, which is creating a severe supply and demand problem in America. Citizens living in rural areas should receive the same quality of care as those living in urban settings. Substantial differences exist in quality and access to health care for persons living in rural America. The shortage of physicians in rural America calls for immediate attention and change, as the inadequate supply of physicians is affecting the quality of patient care. The life expectancy of persons living in rural America is actually declining due to treatable conditions such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. These illnesses could be managed with proper medical treatment. This paper addresses these issues and recommends two solutions. Healthcare is in crisis in many countries, not least of which is the United States. We hear on the news how health care providers are unable to provide medical care to an increasing number of chronically ill and the aging population. There are a number of systemic failures, none is more difficult to correct than the basic lack of human resources. There are simply not enough physicians to service the needs of the population. The problem is intensified in rural areas, where specialized physicians may not be found within several hundred miles. The healthcare...
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...colonialism affected each part of their lives, consisting of, but not limited to, education, economic status and ancestry. Colonial proprietors thought men should have power over the crop growing and manufacturing of crops because the European powers thought men would be better suited in this area to be successful than women (unescostat.unesco.org ). Males, in comparison, were taught regularly the newest ideas that were used to aid their production and agricultural proficiency. The men were given the ability to use plows and types of transportation such as bikes and automobiles (White 2003), while the women were forced to work by hand and carry everything to and fro. Women prepared themselves for acts to show what was wanted including rural opposition, cultural self-rule, work movements, and spiritual and political demonstrations (Rosenstone 2006). In fairly non-violent actions in Ghana and Nigeria, women wrote letters of protest and thought-out boycotts, strikes, and exhibitions against many characteristics of colonial rule, including levies, schooling, land possession, sexual purity examinations, pre-arranged marriages, and other forms of fiscal, political, and societal power. Educated women were extremely active in urban centers where their resistance focused on "colonial attacks on the commercial...
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