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标题：Teaching Agriculture in Tropical Africa : Understanding the Local Culture for the Design of a Sustainable Curriculum
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作者：Bruno Borsari
期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：1999
卷号：1
期号：1
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：For several decades Western agriculturists have been working in African countries to impart knowledge in a teaching capacity. This educational effort has been carried out, since then, to increase agricultural productivity and to improve the living conditions of the local populations. The final outcome of many of these development projects has not had the expected impact, although funding, equipment and human resources were readily available. As it was demonstrated later on, the knowledge transfer had taken place without understanding the real needs of the project recipients. This omission seems to have occurred due to a lack of knowledge of the local culture. This article examines the design of an effective agricultural curriculum, especially tempered for an educator working in a foreign country, and stresses the importance of learning local cultural parameters to insure program success.