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Several studies have shown that educational attainment has reached a historicallyhigh level with nearly one in six rural adults holding a degree in a specific domainand three out of four have completed high school. However, in some developingcountries where emphasis has not been seriously placed on education for all, thenumber lags way behind. As the demand for food is increasing, people withagricultural knowledge are required to produce food to meet the growing demand.But the trend in agriculture has not been able to achieve this goal despite the levelof school completers in both developed and developing countries.To address this trend, this study assessed the status of school gardeninginstruction, compared and contrast students¿ and teachers¿ perceptions on schoolgardening projects and evaluated the level of teaching in the field of agriculture.This study evaluated factors influencing student and teacher interactions inregards to gardening and identifies the potential solutions that could be used topromote and increase the effectiveness of gardening projects. The potential rolesof parents, community members, government and state agencies in the furtherdevelopment of school gardening programs were also evaluated. The data wascollected from teachers and students in middle and high schools in Germany,Nigeria and U.S. The primary method of data collection involved the use ofquestionnaires which were distributed to 300 students and 33 teachers in the threecountries; 100 students and 11 teachers were selected from each country. Thedata were analyzed using quantitative methods. The results of this study identifiedteachers and school principals as the primary instruments of school gardeningsuccess. To increase the promotion, implementation and success of schoolgardening programs, principals and teachers should identify areas of need for theirparticular school related to gardening and make improvements to effect positivechanges. Also parents, community members, government and state agenciesshould express commitment to the school¿s role in order to set realistic objectivesfor successful school gardening project.

This Journal examines the state of African developmentsince independence. It compares the past and thepresent and addresses the issues systematically. Mostof the materials in this Journal were based on otheractivists and IAHRAC interventions on issues relating toHuman Right abuses. Some of the materials were alsocollected from already existing journals and issues onAfrica affairs especially from the UN point of view.The Journal dwells on the role of leaders with specialemphasis on some countries as well as the role of individualsin various countries¿ development. The materialsin this Journal critically reviewed the factors hinderingAfricäs development and encouraged leaders to takemeaningful steps forward, after fifty years of independence.The materials in this Journal are written by severalhuman rights activists and intellectuals from differentacademic domains. This Journal will be useful for individualsand academic institutions whose role is to promotedemocracy in both developed and developing countries.It is our aim that readers understand the effects of goodgovernance, political change in various African countriesand the problems affecting food insecurity in thecontinent.