Book Detail
Author:  Burston E. Swansen  
Publisher:  PECDAR
Date:  23/03/1995
Price:  $ 0.00

Introduction

There are currently two Faculties of Agriculture in the West Bank, one at Hebron University and a second at An-Najah National University in Nablus. Al-Azhar University in Gaza initiated a Faculty of Agriculture in 1992, and other universities, such as Bethlehem and Birzeit, have one or two faculty members who offer agriculturally related courses or training programs. For example, Bethlehem University offers an animal production option within its Faculty of Science degree program, and Birzeit University‘s Center for Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (CEOHS) conducts short courses for farmers on the safe use of pesticides. Hebron Technical Engineering College offers post-secondary education in agricultural mechanization. Vocational agricultural education is currently offered at two secondary agricultural schools, one at Al-Arroub (near Hebron) and a second at Beit Hanoun in Gaza. In addition, the Arab Development Society offers vocational education in agriculture at its school near Jericho. In the following section, the programs, faculty, and facilities for each of the principal agricultural education institutions will be briefly described, and then the important non formal agricultural training programs will be inventoried.