Extension education symposium: Reinventing extension as a resource-what does the future hold?

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3677-3692

  Mirando, M A ^a   Bewley, J M ^b   Blue, J ^c   Amaral Phillips, D M ^b   Corriher, V A ^d   Whittet, K M ^a   Arthur, N ^b   Patterson, D J ^e  

^a Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Truffle Media Networks   (United States)

^d Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Extension; Grant funding; Integration; Social media; Technology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INVENTION; LIVESTOCK; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; INVENTIONS; LIVESTOCK; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84882726912     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-5074     Document Type: Article

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