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In a world facing chronic and increasing shortages in food crops and natural resources, visionary leadership in agriculture becomes more and more critical for building and maintaining a sustainable future. The authors of this book, veteran agricultural educators and administrators, assert the primacy of character in leadership. It is of paramount importance that the dynamic and challenging evolution in agriculture over the last century and a half be met today with imaginative leadership in virtually all aspects of activities and organisations involved. Leadership in Agriculture: Case Studies for a New Generation opens with narrative chapters focusing on key characteristics and elements of leadership. Next, using case studies from research, industry, education, administration, and extension services, the authors present real-world circumstances ranging from natural disasters to major restructuring that demanded problem solving, new initiatives, consensus, and organisational commitment. Drawing on their own experiences and covering topics as diverse as closing facilities, mounting a national research initiative, reinventing a major corporation, and dealing with invasive termites, the studies contain examples of both good and bad outcomes and refer back to the leadership principles and qualities outlined in the opening chapters.

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As a professional market researcher in academic, government, and industry sectors, I consider Leadership in Agriculture: Case Studies for a New Generation to be one of the top textbooks on leadership in research. Its contents will be understood and adopted by many disciplines. It fully represents the attributes of creativity, leadership, and communication. --Clarence F. Davan, Jr., President and CEO, Davan Consulting International Inc. and founder, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association<br>

In my studies on leadership, those authors with the most to offer are the ones who have the experiences and share their testimonies. I find veterans, like you, to be more relevant, reliable, and valid when contemplating everyday situations and long-term vision. I appreciate how you use case studies to draw on your extensive experiences as this provides application for the reader that is most helpful. As leaders, your credentials are impeccable and I am pleased you use them to your collective advantage throughout the book. --Dr. Keith Barber, Vice Chancellor University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture -- (05/06/2013) As a professional market researcher in academic, government, and industry sectors, I consider Leadership in Agriculture: Case Studies for a New Generation to be one of the top textbooks on leadership in research. Its contents will be understood and adopted by many disciplines. It fully represents the attributes of creativity, leadership, and communication. --Clarence F. Davan Jr., President and CEO, Davan Consulting International Inc. and founder, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association -- (01/03/2013) As a federal professional in the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) for over 34 years, I appreciate the need for resources that assist in the development of managers with leadership qualities to take agriculture and all its components to the next level. With growing populations, climate changes, competing challenges of disease and hunger, etc., we need leaders with the qualities classified in this book. --John P. Cherry, research collaborator, ARS Eastern Regional Research Center -- (12/03/2012) The information is excellent. If a way can be found to have the book serve as a wake-up call to educators that leadership can be developed and it should be part of college and university programs, it may be more than useful; it could be revolutionary. --Stanley P. Wilson, former Vice-President for Agriculture, Home Economics and Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University -- (07/03/2012)

As a professional market researcher in academic, government and industry, I consider Leadership in Agriculture: Case Studies for a New Generation to be one of the top textbooks on leadership in research. Its contents will be understood and adopted by many disciplines. It fully represents the attributes of creativity, leadership and communication. --Clarence F. Davan, Jr.<br>

As a professional market researcher in academic, government, and industry sectors, I consider Leadership in Agriculture: Case Studies for a New Generation to be one of the top textbooks on leadership in research. Its contents will be understood and adopted by many disciplines. It fully represents the attributes of creativity, leadership, and communication. --Clarence F. Davan Jr., President and CEO, Davan Consulting International Inc. and founder, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association<br>--Clarence F. Davan, Jr. (01/03/2013)

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John Patrick Jordan is the former administrator of the USDA Cooperative State Research Service in Washington, DC, USA. He previously headed the Colorado Experiment Station and the Colorado Cooperative Extension Service and also directed the USDA Agricultural Research Service Southern Regional Research Center in New Orleans, USA. Gale A. Buchanan is the former dean of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, USA and former director of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station. A past chair of two agricultural boards of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, he also served as the USDA Undersecretary for Research, Education, and Economics. Neville P. Clarke served as an associate dean and professor in the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine, USA and as director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. He is the founding director of the Texas A&M Institute for Countermeasures against Agricultural Bioterrorism and currently works as a special assistant for program development for the Texas A&M University System. Kelly C. Jordan, a retired US Army lieutenant colonel and professor, served on the faculties of the US Military Academy at West Point, the US Army Command and General Staff College, the US Naval War College, American Military University, and the University of Notre Dame. He is currently the Commandant of Cadets at Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana, USA.

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