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Educating The Undergraduate Agribusiness Major

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2016

Lonnie R. Vandeveer  and
Leo J. Guedry
Lonnie R. Vandeveer
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University
Leo J. Guedry
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University
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Abstract

Undergraduate programs in agribusiness education have attracted much interest in recent years. Many university facilities have developed agribusiness educational programs and others are considering the development of such programs. As these programs evolve throughout the country, there are many questions which relate to the structure and future directions of these educational efforts. A review of the issues related to agribusiness program development is presented. A planning process that can be used to focus on the many agribusiness educational issues and provide insight into agribusiness program development is outlined.

Keywords

agribusiness educationeducated personcirriculum planningcompetency based educationcore based cirriculum model
Type
Invited Papers and Discussions
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , July 1992 , pp. 17 - 26
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1992

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