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A Fine Band of Farmers are We! A History of Agricultural Studies in Pietermaritzburg 1934-2009
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guest, Bill.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- University of Natal. Faculty of Agriculture--History.
- University of Natal.
- University of KwaZulu-Natal. School of Agricultural Sciences and Agribusiness--History.
- University of KwaZulu-Natal.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [S.l.] : 2021. NATAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION,
- Summary:
- This history of agricultural studies in KwaZulu-Natal over a period of 75 years, from 1934 to 2009, gives a detailed overview of the establishment of formal agricultural studies in the province and focuses on the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Alumni of "AgFac", as it was affectionately known, have made their mark in agricultural research not only in South Africa but also internationally. Today the School of Agricultural Sciences and Agribusiness, which replaced the old "AgFac", has extended into the sociological and ecological significance of agriculture for the continent as a whole through its African Centre for Food Security (ACFS), and the African Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI). Much attention is also being paid to the improvement and popularization of traditionally useful food and craft plants indigenous to Africa.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- FOREWORD
- ABBREVIATIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- Chapter 1 - The Faculty Established: 1934 - 1949
- Foundations
- A faculty proposed - and delayed
- E.G. Malherbe takes the initiative
- The Faculty of Agriculture approved and financed
- The Faculty established and staffed
- Endnotes
- Chapter 2 - The Faculty Consolidated: 1949 - 1966
- The foundation staff and departments
- A home for the Faculty
- Ukulinga experimental farm
- Research
- Research institutes
- Student intake and graduate output
- Faculty regulations and curricula
- Student life and accommodation
- The 1963 Memorandum of Agreement
- Response to the Monnig Report
- Chapter 3 - Expansion, Rationalisation And The End of Duality: 1966 - 1976
- New staff appointments
- Space constraints and improved facilities
- Student representation and concessions
- Submission to the Brink Committee
- Contemplating the implications of independence
- Rationalisation
- Financing the Faculty
- The end of duality
- Chapter 4 - Evaluation, Maturity and Financial Crisis: 1976 - 1988
- Planning for the future
- Departmental developments
- Space constraints
- Faculty facilities
- Student intake
- Student issues
- Staff issues
- Financial crisis
- Chapter 5 - Re-Appraisal and Forward Planning: 1988 - 1998
- Faculty planning and publicity
- Time-tabling and lecture-room allocations
- Refurbishments
- Improved facilities
- Student intake and admission requirements
- Finance
- Planning the future and celebrating the past
- Endnotes.
- Chapter 6 - A New Beginning: 1998 - 2009
- Amalgamation and restructuring
- Buildings and facilities
- Research incentives and output
- Postgraduate students
- Undergraduate students
- CONCLUSION: A Fine Band of Farmers Indeed!
- DEANS OF THE FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- GENERAL INDEX
- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781991225603
- 1991225601
- OCLC:
- 1291399371
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