Ululv-Z95 Public Disclosure Authorized

Ululv-Z95 Public Disclosure Authorized TRAINING EQUIPMENT LISTS IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE Public Disclosure Authorized VOL I: Itemized Equipment Lists by Main and Sub-Areas FAO/WORLD BANK Cooperative Programme Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized FOREWORD From time to time doubt has been expressed concerning and, the vaLu,,e, indeed, the wisdom of preparing equipment lists such as those to which this preparatory note is attached. To solve this doubt a special task force was appointed in 1976 to consider, among other matters relating to equipment and its procurement, whether to continue to prepare and to issue-these lists and, if so, how they could be improved. The task force was unanimous in its decision to "carry on" and recommended the extension of the existing lists to include equipment required for training up to higher technician level. The task has proved to be arduous and, especially in the field of industrial technology, is far from complete despite the considerable lapse of time which has taken place since the task force commenced its work. A quick glance at the size of the agricultural lists and the different types of training covered will give evidence of the immense amount of time-consuming work involved. While the lists are necessarily detailed it cannot be too strongly emphasized that they are to be used as "guides" rather than as "patterns" which must be uniformly accepted. This is especially true at the post- secondary levels where courses and equipment must reflect local needs and practices. I would like to point out some of the salient features of the lists: new 1) in general, equipment descriptions and prices have been separated in order that the latter may be periodically changed without need to reprint the whole document; 2) coding systems have been adopted relating descriptions and prices where separated: in the case of the agricultural lists the code numbers also indicate the nature of the course concerned i.e. whether basic, higher or supplementary; 3) in the industrial lists, it has been possible to add illustrations of each item; it is hoped to continue this practice when further lists will be prepared. In commending these lists for your acceptance I would be remiss if I were not to express on behalf of us all our sincere thanks to those responsible for its preparation: to the original task force and its officers, to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations for its acceptance of responsibility for the whole of the agricultural section, to the President and staff of the Centennial College of Toronto for the industrial section, and to Dr. David Lockard and his colleagues of the University of Maryland for the secondary school level science lists. I sincerely hope that the lists will be of value to the developing countries and to the Bank staff and others helping those countries reach their economic and social goals. August 1, 1978 Aklilu Habte Director, Education Department Page 1 of 5 World Bank Agricultural Training Equipment Lists Introductory and Explanatory Notes to the 1977 revision of Volume I of the Bank's Basic Equipment Lists, 30 September, 1974. 1. Levels of Training 1.1 In addition to lists of equipment required for the teaching of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology at Secondary Schools, lists are included for training at three levels,viz. Technical, Higher Technical and Vocational. 1.2 Technical level training refers to programmes, usually of two years duration, to prepare students for appointment in a junior technical capacity, either in Government service as for example extension agents in agriculture, fisheries, home economics; as forest rangers and animal health assistants, or in the commercial and private sectors. In the majority of subjects (sub-areas) listed the technical basic list suffices,but in a small number there is, in addition, a technical level supplementary list. 1.3 Higher Tcchnical level training refers to programmes of two and frequently three years duration following the completion of Grade 10 at school. Many, if not the majority, of these programmes are specialise. as for example Hcrticulture, Agricultural Mechanisation, Nutrition and Food Science, and Agricultural Economics and Farm Management. Those programmes prepare people for appointment in a senior technical capacity in -he Government, commercial or private sectors. 1.4 Vocational training refers to two kinds of programme in so far as the lists are concerned. The first is the training of technicians in their jobs, e.g. Vaccinators; while the second is the training of rural people to help them improve their productivity and family life, e.g. the training of women in Rural Home Economics. 1-5 Farm Family Traininig Training of farmers and their wives and out of school children is commonly provided at institutions variously called Farmer Training Centres, Rural Training Centres and District Farm Institutes. Programmes are specific and usually short (3-6 days) covering two miain areas, viz. different aspects of farming, and Rural Home Economics. eage of Besides academic and communal equipment, Institutions require equipment to operate small teaching demonstration farms: some may also operate a holding of a size typical of the area,. although this has not always proved advantageous. Since such institutions exist to serve local needs, there is great diversity among them, even within one country. For this reason any one list of training equipment would not suffice, and one has not been prepared. Instead it is recommended that those responsible for equipping any new training centres of this kind should prepare the list of items considered necessary from the technical level lists in the Main Areas indicated below:- 2.02 Field Crop Production and Soil Management. 2.04 Animal Husbandry. 2.06 Farm Power, Workshop Processes and Practices, Carpentry, Metalwork, Rural Structures, Irrigation and Drainage, Surveying and Topography. 2.09 Home Economics for Rural Development. 2.14 Extension and Audio-visual Aids. 2.15 Common Equipment. 2. Additional Main Areas New or additional Main Areas included in this revision are as follows:- 2.1 Technical Level Animal Health Home Economics for Rural Development Fisheries (in preparaticn) 2.2 Hirher Technical Lavel Agricultural Mechanisation Hort iculture Nutrition and Food Sciance Farm Business Management Page 3 of 5 2.3 Vocational Level Rural Home Economics Training of Vaccinators Training of Artificial Inseminators Training of Farm Machinery Mechanics Training of Tractor Operators 204 The subject "Extension, Audio-visual Aids, Development Support Communication", which was a Sub-area of Common Equipment, is now included as a Main Area. 2.5 Two additional Sub-areas, Rabbits and Bees, are included in the Main Area, Animal Husbandry. 3. Areas Not Included The Main and Sub-areas previously included under Food Science and Technology are now excluded as is the Sub-area Slaughterhouse Equipment (formerly included under Animal Husbandry) . 4. Organisation of Subject Matter Areas 4.1 Now all included in one Main Area (2.01) are the basic sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology; and the derived or applied sciences of Biochemistry, Soil Physics, Soil and Fertiliser Chemistry, Agricultural and Forestry Botany and Agricultural and Forestry Thtomology. 4.2 Now listed in the Main Area of Field Crop Production and Soil Management (2.02) is Farm machinery and equipment (excluding tractors, other power sources and workshop equipment) whether manually used, animal drawn or tractor drawn and operated. The seven sub-areas of this Main Area represent, in the main, a rational sequence of agricultural operations. Thus animal-drawn and hand equipment does not appear as a separate sub-area,, and Horticultural equipment required at the technical level is a sub-area of Field Crop Production and Soil Management. 4.3 A wide range of equipment has been grouped in the seven sub- areas of the Main Area, Farm Power, Workshop Processes and Practices, Rural Structures, Irrigation and Drainage, Surveying and Topography. As a result of the organisation indicated in para. 4.2 and this para. the original sub- areas of Farm Machinery and Advanced Farrm Machinery are not used. Page 4 of 5 4.4 Foruer subject areas 2.35 and 2.36.1 thrcugh 3, previously included in the Main Area "Animal Husbandry" now appear in the new Main Area "Animal Health" and in the Vocational Training lists for Vaccinators and Artificial Inseminators. 5. The Number of Each Item Recuired In the majority of lists, the number of each item required is related to the number of students in a laboratory, workshop, field and farm teaching and learning group. However, in certain sub-areas the number is also related to an enterprise of a specific sort and size. E=amples are the livestock enterprises in Animal Husbandry, the irrigation systems in Irrigation and Drainage and the electric fencing systems in Rural Structures. In the Main Area, Field Crop Production and Soil Management (2.02), and in the Sub-area Farm Power (2.06.1), many items of equipment relate not only to any particular number of students but also to the requirements of an institution farm. 6. Cross References Ee.ensive use is made of cross references for the following main reasons:- 6.1 hen it is desirable - in relation to a particular Sub-area list - to refer to one or more equipment lists of related subject matter areas, for example in Agricultural Mechanisation, Sub-area 2.07.4 Soil and Water, cross references are given to Sub-area 2.06.6 Irrigation and Drainage and Sub-area 2.01.151 Soil Physics. 6.2 When no equipment list has been prepared for a subject of a broad and general nature which is included in the curriculum outline on a Main Area introductory page, a series of cross references are given to relevant Sub-areas.

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