《农业推广硕士英语教程》系全国农业推广硕士专业学位教育指导委员会组织编写并推荐的农业推广硕士研究生教材,由全国农业推广硕士专业学位教育指导委员会资助出版。本教材结构上包括12个单元,每个单元由A、B、C三篇内容相关的课文组成。课文A为主课文,课文B和C为辅助性课文,课文后是注解和练习,书后配有练习答案。内容上涉及四大主题:以农民为中心的农业推广(farmer-led extension),推广中的性别问题(gender and extension),果蔬、家禽和营销(growing vegetables and fruits.poultryand marketing),以及可持续农业(sustainable agriculture)。适用于农业推广硕士研究生、农科院校的研究生和教师,以及广大农业科技工作者。
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序 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 Women's 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 Bibliography ……