Part of the 'Pacific 2010' series which focuses on the need to plan for the long term requirements of the island states of the South Pacific. Addresses strategic questions about the longer-term development of Melanesian agriculture in the light of current problems and emerging trends in the environment. Suggests ways of changing agriculture to become a powerful part of Melanesian economies by the year 2010. Includes a bibliography and index. J Brian Hardaker is professor and head of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Business Management at the University of New England. Euan Fleming is a lecturer in agricultural economies at the University of New England.

This series helps students achieve the learning outcomes from the Agriculture Lower Secondary Syllabus. Each book contains core units and optional projects.

This Teacher's Resource is very simple to use. The headings follow exactly the headings in the student book for grade 10. It has additional advice to offer if students are likely to have difficulty in understanding a particular topic. It also answers or comments on all the questions students are asked throughout the text and in the Activity sections of the book. There is detailed information in this guide as to how the teacher may use Appendix 1 Writing about agriculture. The new Agriculture Lower Secondary Syllabus states that student achievement of course outcomes will be assessed mainly through student writing on the various project processes. Appendix 1 Writing about agriculture is therefore designed to help students learn more about how to write the aims of their project, the resources plan, the marketing plan and eventually the complete project report.

This book provides grade 9 students with the support necessary to achieve all of the agriculture syllabus outcomes detailed for this level. It covers the content listed under each of the 2 core units - 9.1 and 9.2 and the content under all the optional units 9.3 to 9.8 - as detailed in the syllabus.