Global trends in extension provision, staffing, and methods

This chapter is a landscape view of extension globally. It compares the recent status to the situation several decades ago, when earlier global assessments were conducted. In particular, we look at best-fit characteristics, including legal status and governance of extension providers, staffing, and...

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Autores principales: Davis, Kristin E., Alex, Gary
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142391
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description This chapter is a landscape view of extension globally. It compares the recent status to the situation several decades ago, when earlier global assessments were conducted. In particular, we look at best-fit characteristics, including legal status and governance of extension providers, staffing, and advisory methods and clientele. We also look at trends and recent developments using the global assessments and recent literature. There have been several major efforts to collect worldwide extension data. Surveys were conducted in 1975 and 1980 by the University of Illinois (Swanson and Rassi 1981). Follow-up work was conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1988–1989, and by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) in 2009–2012. However, there were never any narrative reports produced or much analysis conducted of this data collection effort. Swanson and Rassi (1981) and FAO (1991) were simply directories. GFRAS (2012) is a database; the only report produced was Swanson and Davis (2014), which was a 14-page document giving some key details on the status of extension by region and with a table providing numbers of agents.
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spelling CGSpace1423912025-11-06T03:52:20Z Global trends in extension provision, staffing, and methods Davis, Kristin E. Alex, Gary advisory services gender agricultural extension agricultural research extension systems urbanization youth coordination markets decentralization livelihoods agricultural development This chapter is a landscape view of extension globally. It compares the recent status to the situation several decades ago, when earlier global assessments were conducted. In particular, we look at best-fit characteristics, including legal status and governance of extension providers, staffing, and advisory methods and clientele. We also look at trends and recent developments using the global assessments and recent literature. There have been several major efforts to collect worldwide extension data. Surveys were conducted in 1975 and 1980 by the University of Illinois (Swanson and Rassi 1981). Follow-up work was conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1988–1989, and by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) in 2009–2012. However, there were never any narrative reports produced or much analysis conducted of this data collection effort. Swanson and Rassi (1981) and FAO (1991) were simply directories. GFRAS (2012) is a database; the only report produced was Swanson and Davis (2014), which was a 14-page document giving some key details on the status of extension by region and with a table providing numbers of agents. 2020-08-01 2024-05-22T12:10:25Z 2024-05-22T12:10:25Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142391 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293755 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293762 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Davis, Kristin E.; and Alex, Gary. 2020. Global trends in extension provision, staffing, and methods. In Agricultural extension: Global status and performance in selected countries, eds. Kristin Davis; Suresh Chandra Babu; and Catherine Ragasa. Part 1: Global Assessment of Extension Characteristics, Chapter 2, Pp. 21-52. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293755_02.
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youth
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decentralization
livelihoods
agricultural development
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Global trends in extension provision, staffing, and methods
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gender
agricultural extension
agricultural research
extension systems
urbanization
youth
coordination
markets
decentralization
livelihoods
agricultural development
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