Ethiopia [In Agricultural Extension]

This chapter takes stock of the provision of extension services in line with the country’s development and suggests ways such services might contribute to accelerating agricultural growth and poverty reduction in the years ahead. Ethiopia has invested significantly in its extension system, in line w...

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Autores principales: Berhane, Guush, Ragasa, Catherine, Abate, Gashaw T., Assefa, Thomas
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142413
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author Berhane, Guush
Ragasa, Catherine
Abate, Gashaw T.
Assefa, Thomas
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Ragasa, Catherine
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description This chapter takes stock of the provision of extension services in line with the country’s development and suggests ways such services might contribute to accelerating agricultural growth and poverty reduction in the years ahead. Ethiopia has invested significantly in its extension system, in line with national policies that place a high priority on boosting agricultural production and productivity. Ethiopia is considered a leading country globally in the provision of extension services to farmers and has the highest extension agent-to-farmer ratio of any country. Ethiopia presents an interesting case, as it is one of few African countries to have placed agriculture at the forefront of its economic development policies, having invested heavily in the sector over the past two decades. Unlike many countries where private-sector extension services expanded following drastic public funding cuts to their extension systems in the 1980s and 1990s (Zhou and Babu 2015), Ethiopia’s extension system remains predominantly public.
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spelling CGSpace1424132025-11-06T04:01:48Z Ethiopia [In Agricultural Extension] Berhane, Guush Ragasa, Catherine Abate, Gashaw T. Assefa, Thomas advisory services agricultural extension technology extension systems livelihoods agricultural development governance This chapter takes stock of the provision of extension services in line with the country’s development and suggests ways such services might contribute to accelerating agricultural growth and poverty reduction in the years ahead. Ethiopia has invested significantly in its extension system, in line with national policies that place a high priority on boosting agricultural production and productivity. Ethiopia is considered a leading country globally in the provision of extension services to farmers and has the highest extension agent-to-farmer ratio of any country. Ethiopia presents an interesting case, as it is one of few African countries to have placed agriculture at the forefront of its economic development policies, having invested heavily in the sector over the past two decades. Unlike many countries where private-sector extension services expanded following drastic public funding cuts to their extension systems in the 1980s and 1990s (Zhou and Babu 2015), Ethiopia’s extension system remains predominantly public. 2020-08-01 2024-05-22T12:10:27Z 2024-05-22T12:10:27Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142413 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293755 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293762 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Berhane, Guush; Ragasa, Catherine; Abate, Gashaw T.; and Assefa, Thomas. 2020. Ethiopia. In Agricultural extension: Global status and performance in selected countries, eds. Kristin Davis; Suresh Chandra Babu; and Catherine Ragasa. Part 2: Performance of Extension Systems, Chapter 6, Pp. 185-223. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293755_06.
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technology
extension systems
livelihoods
agricultural development
governance
Berhane, Guush
Ragasa, Catherine
Abate, Gashaw T.
Assefa, Thomas
Ethiopia [In Agricultural Extension]
title Ethiopia [In Agricultural Extension]
title_full Ethiopia [In Agricultural Extension]
title_fullStr Ethiopia [In Agricultural Extension]
title_full_unstemmed Ethiopia [In Agricultural Extension]
title_short Ethiopia [In Agricultural Extension]
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topic advisory services
agricultural extension
technology
extension systems
livelihoods
agricultural development
governance
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142413
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