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strengthen the economic base by revitalizing rural Virginia, teaching sound family resource management, stimulating strategic community planning, improving commercial food processing, providing skill development programs to youth, and improving hotel and restaurant management.
A third priority is to improve-nutrition, health, and safetty. To do this Extension agents will provide educational programs aimed at diminishing disease risk, disseminating safe pesticide management information, teaching farm operations safety, improving food habits, and reducing infant mortality.
Extension intends to develop human capital as a priority effort. Related objectives include recruiting and developing volunteers, improving public sector decision making, improving international understanding, and strengthening personal and family relationships.
Extension will assist educational efforts to upgrade knowledge and skills in the workplace as a priority. The Virginia Tech continuing education program will be central to efforts to provide training and retraining for business, industry, and government; facilitate licensing and recertification of professionals; stimulate “hi-tech” development, and disseminate research knowledge.
“To a large extent, our future successes will depend on Extension’s ability to alleviate the significant problems facing the people of Virginia,” Mr. Geasler said.
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