caa a22 4500 38631621X CHVBK 20180307111606.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1988 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0889189300002125 doi S0889189300002125 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0889189300002125 Improving the relevance of formal education and training in preparing international students as change agents for low-input agriculture [Elektronische Daten] The frequent assumption that there are relevant and meaningful parallels between agriculture in the U.S. and in Less Industrialized Countries (LICs) is critically examined. Based on the results of a survey of LIC students enrolled in the College of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota, recommendations are made to more carefully focus the approach and direction of LIC student eduction. We conclude that the education and training of agriculturalists in U.S. institutions of higher learning does not relate sufficiently to the resource base and domestic needs of farming cultures in the LIC countries. A case is made for the benefit of practical experience through work with farmers whose practices and applications accommodate and reflect the realities of low-input farming practices in the LICs. Appropriate paralleled farming systems in the U.S. are typified as "organic,” "biological,” "regenerative,” or "sustainable,” and LIC students could be given experience on these farms as a part of their degree program in school. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988 Foreign students nationallicence University of Minnesota nationallicence less-industrialized countries (LICs) nationallicence agricultural technology nationallicence organic farming nationallicence sustainable agriculture nationallicence Cashman Kristin A Graduate Student and Research Assistant for the Center for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development (CIKARD), Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011. Persons Edgar Division Head, Agricultural Education, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture Cambridge University Press 3/1(1988), 35-40 0889-1893 3:1<35 1988 3 AJA https://doi.org/10.1017/S0889189300002125 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0889189300002125 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cashman Kristin A Graduate Student and Research Assistant for the Center for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development (CIKARD), Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Persons Edgar Division Head, Agricultural Education, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108 NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- American Journal of Alternative Agriculture Cambridge University Press 3/1(1988), 35-40 0889-1893 3:1<35 1988 3 AJA CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge