Prof. Loy Van
Crowder
Virginia
Tech, USA
Email:
[email protected]
Qualifications
1990
Ph.D., Department of Education (Rural Sociology minor), Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY, USA.
1976
M.S., Professional Studies, Department of Communication, Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY, USA.
1974
B.S., College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY, USA.
Publications (Selected)
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D. Odoom, L. Van Crowder, et al. Promoting Gender Equality as a Strategy for Community Development in Ghana: Moving Beyond the Rhetoric. E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (EHASS), Vol.3 No.9, September 2022.
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D. Odoom, J. Obeng-Baah, L. Van Crowder, et al. Appreciating the Role of Communication in Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods. E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (EHASS), Vol.3 No.6, June, 2022.
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L. Van Crowder, et al. Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Key Nexus for Corporate Partnership. Knowledge & Innovation Network (KIN), Journal of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Technical Staff, Washington, DC, 2015.
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L. Van Crowder, et al. Human and Social Capital - Contributions to Economic Growth and Development. Paper prepared for the MCC Human and Community Development Practice Group Learning Event, Washington, DC, June 3-6, 2013.
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Ramiro Ortiz and L. Van Crowder. Evolucion de los Servicios de Extension en Nicaragua, FAO Nicaragua, 2006 (final publication FAO-Rome, 2009).
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L. Van Crowder and J. Anderson. Uganda: Private Sector Secondment of Government Extension Agents. In Contracting for Agricultural Extension: International Case Studies and Emerging Practices (W. Rivera & W. Zijp, Eds), CABI Publishing, 2002.
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L. Van Crowder and S. Michiels. Discovering the Magic Box: Local Appropriation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Communication for Development Group Publication, FAO-Rome, 2001.
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W. Rivera, M. K. Qamar and L. Van Crowder. Agricultural and Rural Extension Worldwide: Options for Institutional Reform. FAO-Rome, Extension, Education and Communication Service (SDRE), 2001.
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L. Van Crowder and J. Anderson. Contrasting Approaches for Extension Services in Mozambique. In Agricultural Extension Systems: An International Perspective (F. L. Brewer, Ed), Erudition Books, 200l.
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Jon Anderson and L. Van Crowder. The Present and Future of Public Sector Extension in Africa: Contracting-out or Contracting-in? Public Administration and Development, 20, 2000.
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A.Weiss, L. Van Crowder and M. Bernardi. Communicating Agrometeorological Information to Farming Communities. Paper presented at the International Workshop on Agrometeorology in the 21st Century-- Needs and Perspectives, Feb. 1999, Accra, Ghana. Also published in World Meteorological Organization Bulletin, Vol. 48, No. 4, October 1999.
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Jon Anderson, L. Van Crowder, et al. Applying the Lessons of Participatory Communication and Training to Rural Telecentres. In The First Mile of Connectivity: Advancing Telecommunications for Rural Development through a Participatory Communication Approach (D. Richardson and L. Paisley, Eds), FAO, Rome, 1999.
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J. Anderson, J. Clement and L. Van Crowder. Accommodating Conflicting Interests in Forestry: Concepts Emerging from Pluralism. In Unasylva, International Journal of Forestry and Forest Industries, Vol. 49, No. 194, 1998. (Republished in Unasylva, Vol. 58, Sixty years of Unasylva - Weaving knowledge into development, 2007).
Profile Details
WoS ResearcherID: GGC-5781-2022
https://www.alce.vt.edu/about/people/loy-crowder.html
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