The Smith-Lever Act established Cooperative Extension in 1914‚ developing a partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and land-grant universities. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) plays an essential role in the land-grant extension service by providing leadership and appropriate funding for programs. The Cooperative Extension service has made significant contributions to American agriculture in the United States. This nationwide educational network has
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proposes two models in student-centered approach to adult teaching and learning. Both models have been practiced by the author to teach Business Studiesrelated courses. Activity-based Learning‚ one of the methods‚ is best suited to acquire skills and cooperative learning. The second model is proposed for knowledge acquisition. In the first model‚ a broad scheme of learning outcomes (in terms of skills) is designed by the teacher in consensus with the industry in which the students are expected to take up
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drawn and which is most effective? The Constitution gave us a basic outline for how we should run our government. The bottom line is cooperative federalism – powers and policy assignments are shared between states and the national government and they may also share costs‚ administration‚ and even blame for programs that work poorly (Edwards 81). The idea of cooperative federalism has raised an important question: Where do the boundaries of national government end and where do the boundaries of state
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A1457 Cooperatives: Principles and practices in the 21st century Kimberly A. Zeuli and Robert Cropp ABOUT THE COVER IMAGE: The “twin pines” is a familiar symbol for cooperatives in the United States. The Cooperative League of the USA‚ which eventually became the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA)‚ adopted it as their logo in 1922. The pine tree is an ancient symbol of endurance and immortality. The two pines represent mutual cooperation—people helping people. COOPERATIVES: ii
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9-688-122 REV: JULY 7‚ 2011 Na ational Cranbe erry Co ooperattive‚ 19996 On O February 14‚ 1 1996‚ Hug go Schaeffer‚ vice presideent of operatiions at the N National Cran nberry Cooperative (NCC C)‚ called his assistant‚ a Mel O’Brien‚ into o his office. Mel‚ I spen nt all day yesterday revieewing last falll’s process ffruit operatio ons at receiving pla ant #1 [RP1] with Will Walliston‚ W the superintendeent‚ and talkin ng with the cco-op membeers [grrowers] in th hat area. It’s obvious to me m
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ADVANCES IN COOPERATIVE WIRELESS NETWORKING: PART 2 Cooperative Network Coding in Relay-Based IMT-Advanced Systems Mugen Peng‚ Changqing Yang‚ Zhongyuan Zhao‚ and Wenbo Wang‚ Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Hsiao-Hwa Chen‚ National Cheng Kung University ABSTRACT Cooperative network coding has been proposed as an effective solution to improve system performance. Through collaborative network coding in the intermediate node(s) instead of direct forwarding‚ the transmission
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Chapter 5 Discussion Questions 1. Such analysis allows the firm to determine at what level of operations it will break even and to explore the relationship between volume‚ costs‚ and profits. 2. A utility is in a stable‚ predictable industry and therefore can afford to use more financial leverage than an automobile company‚ which is generally subject to the influences of the business cycle. An automobile manufacturer may not be able to service a large amount of debt when there is
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representatives from cooperatives in Alabama decide to come together and start an organization. The organization was all about building it own generating facilities and selling electricity to their cooperatives. First known as Alabama Electric Cooperative‚ better known as AEC. They change their name to Powersouth on January 1‚ 2001‚ to better reflect themselves. They generate power then distribute to their fellow cooperatives. Powersouth is a generating and transmission cooperative‚ which is shortened
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1. Problems facing receiving plant No. 1 (RP1) The problems that The National Cranberry Cooperative is facing with are described in the table below. Mostly they are related to the problem of capacity. Problem | Implications | Presence of bottlenecks in the stages of drying and separating of berries. | Excessive overtime costs. | | Overcapacities in other stages of processing of berries. | 2. Process Flow Diagram From 8-10 min to few hours 400*3= 1200 bbls/h 1500*3 = 4500 bbls/h
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In the article‚ “UC Cooperative Extension helps Californians use water wisely‚” written by Robin Meadows‚ the author writes about the drought in California and the ways farmers are conserving water. The author explains that farmers were trained to water their crops in a smart way. Furthermore‚ he identifies that the problem in garden watering deals with outmoded systems that do not turn off in the rain. In continuance‚ the author describes the way few farmers are implementing new techniques on their
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