soil-conservation-people-religion-and-land.pdf - South West NRM

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5. Resgonsibilitv of Faculties of Aariculture in Attitudinal
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In th@?cgraining of specialists in a wide range of research and
advie-careers, the universities and colleges should extend
their curricula to include more development of positive Man/Land
relationships, with a view to producing graduates committed to
furthering the cause of ecological equilibrium and sustainable
rural production systems.
6. Pastoral Science Traininq
Institutions offering degrees and diplomas in rural production
should identify extensive pastoral production as a major area of
study in need of integrated course development as a basis for a
professional ethos of management in the vast inland pastoral
country.
7. Status of Rural Extension
Rural extension as a profession should be more clearly
identified and acknowledged not only as an essential link in the
promotion of sound land use, but as a critical facet of
government senrice which has been second to research in status
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and funding for many years.
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8. Fundinq of on-Goins Extension Prosrammes
National agricultural policy should include an on-going
commitment to comprehensive extension programmes in all States
so that the ineffectiveness of on/off funding of programmes can
be avoided. The programmes which are supported should emphasise
sound land use and sustainable production systems as their prime
objectives, rather than the most financially rewarding shortterm
strategies.
9. Promotion of the profitability of Selected Conservation
Techniaues
In addition to continually stressing the need for sustainable
n systems, extension programmes should emphasise the
economic advantages of practices such as minimum
and other surface management techniques. Advisory
should take more advantage of financial gain as an
to gain early adoption of certain practices.