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Searching with a thematic focus on Communication and knowledge exchange, Agriculture and food, Agricultural biodiversity and natural resource management, Agricultural policy, Communication and extension, Extension, Extension effectiveness

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  Prioritising farmers' extension needs in a publicly-funded contract system of extension: a case study from Mukono district, Uganda

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  How competent will Uganda’s new privatised extension system be? This paper reports on a case study conducted in Mukono District to assess the effectiveness of the "private service provider advisory system" in motivating farmer participation and control of the extension agenda.
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  Poverty reduction strategies and relevant learning in higher agricultural education: case studies from Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003

  This paper analyses agricultural higher education in relation to poverty reduction strategies in four African countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.The paper addresses three key issues in the four African countries:how the PRSPs are reflected in official policies, implementation plans and fund allocations to agricultural educationhow case study countries agricultural educ
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  Agricultural research and extension funding levels required to meet the Anti-Hunger programme objectives

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004

  This paper provides an overview of levels and trends in agricultural research and extension investments.
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  Extension, poverty and vulnerability: the scope for policy reform. Final Report of a study for the Neuchatel Initiative

  Overseas Development Institute, 2002

  This paper reviews pro-poor agricultural extension policies, building on an earlier inception report of the same study. Based on a livelihoods approach, the authors argue that policies towards agriculture, rural development and extension have focused exclusively on increased productivity of land, as opposed to enhancing labour productivity, employment creation and vulnerability reduction.
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  Extension, poverty and vulnerability: inception report of a study for the Neuchatel Initiative

  Department for International Development, UK, 2001

  This inception paper reviews recent trends in poverty, vulnerability and extension, and the policy context in which extension is located. The paper concludes that: