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The National Association Of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) is an American professional association for cooperative extension agents and specialists who are employed by cooperative state extension services and are members of their state associations. Annual meetings have taken place since 1915.
Since 2005, the Extension system has collaborated in developing eXtension.org (pronounced "e-extension"). eXtension is an Internet-based learning platform where Extension professionals and citizens nationwide and beyond have 24/7 access to unbiased, research-based, peer-reviewed information from land-grant universities on a wide range of topics.
Forsyth County (/ f ɔːr ˈ s aɪ θ / for-SYTHE or / ˈ f ɔːr s aɪ θ / FOR-sythe) is a county in the Northeast region of the U.S. state of Georgia. Suburban and exurban in character, Forsyth County lies within the Atlanta metropolitan area. The county's only incorporated city and county seat is Cumming. [1] At the 2020 census, the ...
Agricultural extension is the application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education.The field of 'extension' now encompasses a wider range of communication and learning activities organized for rural people by educators from different disciplines, including agriculture, agricultural marketing, health, and business studies.
An extension agency is an organisation that practises extension, in the context of community development. An example is the Cooperative Extension Service , which aims to assist individuals or groups in defining and achieving their goals in rural communities in the USA.
Forsyth County is the name of two counties in the United States: Forsyth County, Georgia; Forsyth County, North Carolina This page was last edited on 28 ...
The Smith–Lever Act of 1914 is a United States federal law that established a system of cooperative extension services, connected to land-grant universities, intended to inform citizens about current developments in agriculture, home economics, public policy/government, leadership, 4-H, economic development, coastal issues (National Sea Grant College Program), and related subjects.
Fort Valley State University, formerly Fort Valley State College, began with the 1939 consolidation of the Fort Valley High and Industrial School (chartered in 1895) and the State Teachers and Agricultural College of Forsyth (founded in 1902). [3]