MASTER FARMER TEACHING SMALL FARMERS MANAGEMENT BRUCE M. LANSDALE WESTVIEW PRESS 1986 PART III Chapter 1: Training Master Farmers What kind of training do peasants need? What should be the goals of agricultural education in a developing society? What are the shortcomings of educational systems in developing nations? Hodja story #2 One day Hodja …
MASTER FARMER TEACHING SMALL FARMERS MANAGEMENT BRUCE M. LANSDALE WESTVIEW PRESS 1986 PART II Acknowledgments by Bruce Lansdale Two generations of American Farm School staff and both Greek and US trustees have shown patience, understanding, and a willingness to share their wisdom with me since I first arrived there at the age of 21. “Growing …
MASTER FARMER TEACHING SMALL FARMERS MANAGEMENT BRUCE M. LANSDALE WESTVIEW PRESS 1986 About the book and author The story of postwar Greece holds invaluable lessons for many developing countries today. In 1947 Greece had just emerged from a decade of war and strife; its villagers were demoralized and fleeing rural life for the cities; …
BRUCE LANSDALE HONORARY DOCTORATE PART 7 THE POWER OF MYTH IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT BY Bruce M. Lansdale ATTITUDES TOWARD THE NATION The other myth which has been changing rapidly in my years in Greece relates to the attitude of the rural population to their country, to being Greek, to being a Greek Orthodox. …
THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS 2005 PART V Chapter 4: Clinical economics The rich world dominates the training of Ph.D. economists, and the students of rich-world Ph.D. programs dominate the international institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World …
Book Review Introduction In Part 3 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “In India we deeply believe that this amazing universe, this amazing planet, this amazing earth is connected through the web of food, the web of life.” “In India we have an Upanishad that says, ‘If you give …
BRUCE LANSDALE HONORARY DOCTORATE PART 5 THE POWER OF MYTH IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT BY Bruce M. Lansdale MYTHS THAT INFLUENCED THE FAMILY Many of the myths which influenced individuals played a dominant role in family life as well. But there are two publicly professed myths which played a key role in family life …
Book Review Introduction In Part 2 of Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed we learn that: “Almost all of the next one billion of net global growth will take place in urban slums. What will these conditions breed for the future? Hopelessness, crime, extremism, terrorism? Who will deal with these chickens when they …
BRUCE LANSDALE HONORARY DOCTORATE PART 4 THE POWER OF MYTH IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT BY Bruce M. Lansdale MYTHS THAT INFLUENCE THE INDIVIDUAL What were the myths that had a major impact on the individual as he or she grew up during the first half of this century? Listen to a few experiences …
AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL BRUCE LANSDALE MEMORIAL PART IX Introduction On February 1, 1990 Bruce Lansdale was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Agriculture by the Faculty of Agriculture of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki. This is the second part of THE POWER OF MYTH IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT BY Bruce M. Lansdale POWER …
