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The specific objectives
of AIAEE are to:
- Articulate the role
of agricultural and Extension education in international agricultural
development.
- Develop state-of-the-art papers on agricultural and
Extension education worldwide.
- Establish a
continuing dialogue within the profession in international agricultural
and Extension education on a global scale.
- Establish and
maintain a continuing dialogue between AIAEE and donor agencies for
international agricultural development.
- Establish a roster
of professionals in agricultural and Extension education who can provide
the expertise needed to assist funding agencies in planning and
implementing agricultural and Extension education programs and
institutions in other nations.
- Encourage research
within the profession that will favorably impact on agricultural and
Extension programs in countries around the world.
- Improve the skills
and knowledge of professionals who want to work in international
agricultural and Extension education.
The AIAEE seeks to
serve as a worldwide catalyst in bringing the collective expertise of
agricultural and Extension educators to bear on the problems of human
resource and agricultural development. Areas of expertise that
agricultural and Extension educators can bring to the agricultural
development process include:
- Agricultural
education in public schools
- Rural youth programs
- Agricultural
Extension
- Teacher education in
agriculture
- Human resource and
development programs
- Research and
evaluation studies
- Institution building
for agricultural development
- Programs for
agricultural curriculum development and teaching methods
- In-service education
- Human
resource
management programs
- Youth
development
- Needs analysis and
program development
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