Story: Agricultural education

Page 8 – External links and sources

More links and websites

  • Agriculture Industry Training Organisation

    The Agriculture ITO provides training for the farming industry, including modern apprenticeships.

  • Demonstration farms

    Lincoln University owns six farms, five of which are run as commercial demonstration farms.

  • Rural Source

    This website, developed by the agriculture and horticulture industry training organisations, lists books, DVDs and websites to support agricultural and horticultural education at secondary school.

More suggestions and sources

    • Blair, I. D. The seed they sowed: centennial story of Lincoln College. Lincoln: Lincoln College, 1978.

    • Brooking, T. W. H. Massey, its early years: a history of the development of Massey Agricultural College to 1943. Palmerston North: Massey Alumni Association, 1977.

    • Fitzsimons, Michael, and Michael Beckford. Our story: the growth of farm training in New Zealand. Wellington: Agriculture Industry Training Organisation, 2004.

    • Moore, Ken. Learning on the farm: the educational background and needs of New Zealand farmers.Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 1990.

    • Woodford, Keith. ‘Agricultural education in New Zealand universities.’ Primary Industry Management 6, no. 4 (December 2003): 14–16.


How to cite this page:

Robert Peden. 'Agricultural education', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 14-May-13
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/agricultural-education/sources