Communication, training and extension
The role of extension workers and communication in supporting agricultural development and innovation; the effectiveness of different approaches.
Latest Documents
- Enhanced Knowledge Management: knowledge centers for extension communication and agriculture development in Ethiopia
- A. Shiferaw; E. Sehai; D. Hoekstra; A. Getachew / IGI Global, 2013
- There is increasing evidence on the benefits of knowledge management (KM) to enable organisations to be more competitive, achieve higher efficiency and increase output. The Ethiopian government has embarked on a major initia...
- ICTS for agricultural extension: A study in the Indian Himalyan Region
- D. Kishore / Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries, 2011
- This paper reports on the availability, use and information seeking behaviour of a farming community with specific reference to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). It fills a research gap by examining what people do wit...
- A model for ICT based services for agriculture extension in Pakistan
- M. Siraj 2012
- DFID’s research strategy 2008-2013 includes elements that focus on finding ways to utilise new technologies for poverty alleviation. The use of new technology in alleviating poverty will only be achieved if people are convinced o...
- ICTs and National Agricultural Research Systems – The case of Tanzania
- B. Kapange / Tanzania Online, 2010
- The current research and extension system in Tanzania is mainly public funded, although decentralizing and rightsizing the research establishment have relieved the government's budget strain through complete privatization of major cas...
- Using ICT to reduce transaction costs in agriculture through better communication: A case-study from Sri Lanka
- H. D. Silvia / Lirne.Net, 2012
- This paper considers the specific role of information and communication technologies [ICT] in reducing transaction costs in agriculture by enabling timely and affordable communication. Segmenting transaction costs in to several compon...
- Many Nepali mid-hills farmers practice agricultural intensification, but improved extension programmes and credit provision are needed to improve adoption
- N. Raut; B.K. Sitaula; A. Vatn / Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2011
- The problems encountered by Nepalese farmers in the adoption of agricultural intensification (AI), and the constraints and complexities of sustainable AI are not thoroughly understood. This study analyses factors influencing the adopt...
- Participatory farming management methods and their uses
- P. Dorward; D. Shepherd; M. Galpin / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
- Central to the use of Participatory Farming Management (PFM) methods is the understanding that the farmer is the decision maker and that he or she takes the risks associated with change, not the advisor or researcher. PFM methods shou...
- Programmes targeting displaced and returning populations in Nepal
- The Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children / Women's Refugee Commission, 2008
- In 1996, an armed Maoist insurgency grew out of the Communist Party of Nepal and resulted in 10 years of conflict, human rights violations perpetrated by both the government and the Maoists, and large-scale displacement that affe...
- How can agricultural research in Africa be strengthened?
- J. Mukiibi; A. Youdiowei / Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, 2006
- This assessment was commissioned by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) to advance efforts to strengthen the principle providers of agricultural research for Africa's development, known as National Agricultural Resear...
- Are secondary pests eroding the benefits of Bt cotton in China?
- S. Wang; D.R. Just; P. Pinstrup-Andersen / GRAIN, 2006
- The adoption of Bt cotton has had a huge impact on global cotton production. Many studies have focused on the potentially positive impact of Bt and the savings on pesticides targeting primary pests. However, in China, growing secondar...
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