| The purpose of the study was to contribute to a better understanding of the status of international agriculture. The study attempted to describe the current knowledge level of university agricultural students at SIUC with regard to countries' location and crops grown for export. Ninety subjects participated in this study, thirty graduate students and sixty undergraduate students from six departments: Animal Science, Plant & Soil Science, Forestry, Food & Nutrition, Agribusiness Economics, and Agricultural Education & Mechanization. Ninety subjects were randomly chosen from the 220 returned questionnaires. A stratified random sampling was used to get an equal number from each department to increase precision and representativeness. Data used to determine the relationship between students' knowledge level of countries' location and crops grown for export as a dependant variable and the independent variables: Major, age, gender, travel experience, educational level, and courses in international agriculture. Data were analyzed through the use of correlation analysis, ANOVA, multiple regression, and ANCOVA.;Significant results of the analysis of data provided evidence that courses in international agriculture seem to have an effect on knowledge of crops grown for export. Knowledge of countries' location was also an effective predictor for knowledge of crops grown for export.;There was no significant difference in countries' location knowledge across major, age, gender, travel experience, and courses in international agriculture. However, there was a significant difference between graduate students and undergraduate students in their knowledge level of countries' location.;There was no significant difference in crops knowledge across major, age, travel experience, and educational level. However, male students outperformed females in crops knowledge. Students who had courses in international agriculture scored better than students without courses in international agriculture.;Based on the results from this study, major, age, and travel experience are not good predictors of countries' location and crops grown for export. |
