Feeding North America Through Agricultural Extension —a Report from the North American Agricultural Advisory Network (NAAAN)
Introduction
Global Networking in Agricultural Extension Modern agriculture is a knowledge and information-intensive industry . Nowhere is this more evident than in North America . Science-based knowledge and innovation has driven agricultural progress across the continent—from the wheat breakthroughs of the Green Revolution in Mexico to the mechanical and biological intensification of farming across the fields of northwestern Mexico, the United States, and Canada . These three countries have undergone enormous investments in agricultural research accompanied by substantial growth in agricultural extension . These efforts in turn provide research-generated knowledge and information to increase productivity and profitability across farming communities
