search through journal, The responsibility and tasks of a national agricultural information system (NAIS) is discussed with emphasis on the Ministry of Agriculture Library in Jamaica. The nature of the institutional and interinstitutional infrastructure for agricultural activities; lack of professional staff; lack of awareness of the need for information by potential users; lack of provision for collecting locally generated material; and lack of skills in documentation on the part of agriculturalists are identified as factors hindering the coordination and progress of a NAIS in Jamaica. The development of the National Information Plan; availability of training at the professional and paraprofessional level within the island; cooperation and commitment among librarians at formal and informal levels; and the possibility of approaching funding agencies are described as advantages to a NAIS. Recommendations are made concluding that the problems cannot be fully addressed by librarians without the support of user organizations and there is a definite need for librarians to be active in the problem solving process. (author).
search through journal, The love of music and the appreciation of drama lie deep in the culture of Jamaicans. This fact is now being exploited by medical students at the University of the West Indies as a vehicle for conveying health concepts to rural communities. (original)
McKenzie, James (author / School of Vocational Education, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07945
Notes:
abstracted from Ph.D. dissertation; search through volume, In: Jacquelyn Deeds and Demetria Ford, eds. Summary of Research in Extension (1992-1993). Mississippi State, MS: Department of Agricultural Education and Experimental Statistics, Mississippi State University, July 1994. p. 119
search through volume, While community participation is a requirement for effective community development, there are few specific methodologies to help community organizers facilitate such participation. Adult education and community development share a number of parallel objectives: enhancing self-direction, self-reliance, and sustainable learning and development. While adult education is more advanced methodologically, the application of adult education principles to community development is only possible under certain conditions. These conditions relate to power relationships, institutional structures, community dynamics, and the role of the community organizer. Once these conditions are recognized, adult education principles may be applied to community development programmes in order to facilitate the community's involvement in its own needs assessment, project design, implementation, and evaluation. (original)
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05224
Notes:
INTERPAKS, Kingston, Jamaica: Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agricolas, 1979. 46 p., Presents a study of agricultural extension services in Jamaica from 1895 to present. Includes the role of the Jamaican Agricultural Society, the founding of the Jamaican School of Agriculture, the establishment of farmers' associations, and the 4-H movement. Discusses the reorganization of the extension services within the Ministry of Agriculture. Examines the current role in extension of farmers, the church, schools, 4-H clubs and home economics groups.
