In many cases professors will require that students utilize articles from “peer-reviewed” journals. Sometimes the phrases “refereed journals” or “scholarly journals” are used to describe the same type of journals. But what are peer-reviewed (or refereed or scholarly) journal articles, and why do faculty require their use? Three categories of information resources: Newspapers and magazines containing news – Articles are written by reporters who may or may not be experts in the field of the article. Consequently, articles may contain incorrect information. Journals containing articles written by academics and/or professionals — Although the articles are written by “experts,” any particular…
Kentucky State University in a Land grant university located in Kentucky, USA. Land grant university integrate education, research and extension at a place. Experts and students are involved in research whereas extension workers as well as faculty and students are involved in extension of the findings of researches through different approach of extensions such as publications, seminars, journals distributions, farmers field visits etc.
[New post] Innovation platforms and agricultural value chain development ILRI Clippings (comment-reply@wordpress.com) Schedule cleanup 2/20/14 Photos To: **z_*i***@hotmail.com How an innovation platform in Zimbabwe overcame a bottleneck in the value chain for goats. View slide show (1) View on Flickr Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on ILRI Clippings Innovation platforms and agricultural value chain development by Peter Ballantyne Innovation platforms are widely used in agricultural research to connect different stakeholders to achieve common goals. To help document recent experiences and insights, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) recently published a series of short innovation platform ‘practice briefs’…
