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Author:   Umezuruike Linus Opara (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   1.265kg
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9781032488776

ISBN 10:   1032488778
Pages:   578
Publication Date:   30 September 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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PART 1: HISTORICAL EVOLUTION AND IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING 1. Introduction – Revisiting and Rethinking Agricultural and Biosystems/ Biological Engineering Education for Sustainable Development 2. Emergence and Advancement of Agricultural Engineering Education, Research and Practice – A Historical Perspective 3. Agricultural Engineering in the Context of SDGs: A Quest for Global Relevance 4. Top 100 Questions of Importance to the Future of Agricultural Engineering Education, Research, and Practice in Africa 5. Enhancing the Role of Agricultural and Biological Engineering through Education: Perspective from FAO PART 2: CURRICULA DESIGN AND REFORM 6. Curriculum Design and Application in ABE Education 7. Curricula Design and Reform of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) in EU Member and Candidate States 8. Bioresource Engineering Curriculum and Reform at McGill University, Montreal, Canada 9. Designing Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Education to Transform Agricultural and Food Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from the University of Zimbabwe 10. Reshaping Agricultural and Biosystem Engineering Degree Programs for Student Success and Retention 11. Essential Contextual Knowledge for Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering Education in Low-income Countries 12. Novel Models for Delivering Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Education in Developing Countries: Trends, Challenges and Future Prospects 13. Current and Future Trends in Agricultural Engineering Education in Nigeria 14. The Need for an Equipment Engineering Course in ABE Education 15. Accreditation Program for Engineering Education in Japan Applicable to Agricultural and Rural Engineering Education 16. Process for Improvement and Evaluation of the Agricultural Engineering Curriculum at the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica 17. Agricultural Engineering Education at Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman – Historical Evolution, Curriculum Design and Reform, Students’ Perceptions, and Future Prospects 18. Agricultural Engineering Education at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Nigeria 19. Agricultural Biosystems Engineering Education in Indonesia – A Journey 20. Agricultural and Food Engineering Education in Hungary 21. Food Engineering Education in Nigeria 22. Agricultural Engineering Higher Education in Turkey 23. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Education in Ghana 24. ABE@Illinois 25. A Profile of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Education in Indonesia 26. Evolution and Status of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering Education at the University of Nigeria 27. Development of the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Programme at the Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) PART 3: PEDAGOGY, EPISTEMOLOGY AND EMERGING TRENDS 28. Developing Faculty Competency for the Delivery of Active Learning Methods 29. Educating the Compleat Biological Engineer 30. Innovation in Bioengineering Education 31. Nomograph-based Models for Introductory Undergraduate Teaching and Research in Selecting Agricultural Power and Machinery Ownership Systems in Developing Countries 32. The Role of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) in Agricultural and Biological Engineering 33. AgTecCollection – Repository Approach to Rescue Analog Agricultural Engineering Knowledge 34. A Need to Incorporate Intelligent Food Drying Systems in ABE Education – A Recipe for Reducing Global Food Losses and Waste 35. The Need to Incorporate Ergonomics in Smart Agriculture and Organic Farming in Agricultural and Biological Engineering Education 36. CAM-SAM: A Computer-aided Tool for Education and Research on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization Development 37. Information and Operational Technologies Curricula in Agricultural Engineering Studies 38. Technological-based Resources as Support to Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering studies 39. Present Content and Trial Approaches of Student Experiments for ABEE in Japan 40. Practical Engineering Education to Address Sustainability and Food Security 41. Growing Agricultural Engineering in Africa: Students’ Attitudes, Perceptions, and Expectations on Agricultural Engineering Education 42. Prospects for Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Education and Research for Knowledge-intensive, Data-driven, Climate-smart, and Sustainable Agriculture

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Umezuruike Linus Opara is a Distinguished Professor at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, where he also holds the Chair of the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) in Postharvest Technology, and the founding Director of the Africa Institute for Postharvest Technology (AIPhT). He graduated with degrees in Agricultural Engineering (BEng, First Class Honors; MEng, cum laude) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, a PhD in Agricultural Engineering from Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand and a Certificate in Innovation for Economic Development, from the Executive Education program at Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, USA. He is a Chartered Engineer, Certified Food Scientist, and has leading memberships of several professional agricultural engineering societies, including Fellow of the International Academy of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Institution of Agricultural Engineers (UK), South African Institution of Agricultural Engineers, Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineers, and Life Membership of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Asian Association for Agricultural Engineering, and the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers. Prof. Opara is currently developing the UNESCO International Centre for Biotechnology in Nsukka, Nigeria, a Category II Centre under the auspices of UNESCO, for advancing biotechnology research and high-level capacity building in the Africa region in the areas of food security, tropical diseases, and bioresources conservation.

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