Our general aim is to explore how training experiences in agriculture can be tailored to
improve the prospects of low-qualified, rural youths who are neither in employment, nor in …

Service-learning integrates community service with academic study. Students apply skills
and knowledge in practical situations and reflect on their experiences. Our 3000-level …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine rural school students' perception of a
career in farming following their participation in educational farming activities …

Global agriculture is facing an aging workforce and successor crisis, while the degradation
of rural youths' agricultural skills, which is indeed a concrete manifestation of young …

High school students need to be prepared for postsecondary education and enter the
workforce to solve real-world problems including food and energy sustainability. Real-world …

Background The broadness of biotechnology serves to connect different types of modern
plant breeding techniques with the potential to improve global food security. However, the …

The advancement of technologies in the United States agricultural sector has created a
demand for young and innovative workforce to replace the aging working population. While …

Given projected deficits and a lack of diversity, there is a critical need to recruit and develop
the next generation of the agricultural workforce. The objectives of our study were to …

Cognizant of the critical role the youth could play to sustain, develop, and build a
sustainable, resilient, and inclusive agriculture industry, this study was conceptualized to …

In this chapter we develop a theoretical-conceptual model on young farmers'
entrepreneurship in multi-functional, diverse and resilient sustainable rural development …