Building Institutions to Serve Agriculture


Book Description

Although there are wide variations in the effectiveness of various projects, it is clear that the university contratc program in agriculture has made important contributions abroad at comparatively small cost to the United States in money, manpower, and interrrupition of domestic programs. The overall past record demonstrates that the use of U.S. university teams to assist a less developed nation build an institution to serve agriculture can be very productive abroad and well managed at home. Unfortunately not all have been equally productive abroad and well managed at home. The challenge now is to make better use of the experience which we have gained to improve the performance both abroad and at home.







Building Agricultural Institutions


Book Description

Shortly after World War II the United States began to export to developing countries the ''land-grant model"-its system of applied agricultural science. This system is made up of subnational agricultural universities, extension services, and experiment stations, and also of national-level organizations to support and coordinate agricultural develop