Assessing and strengthening Malawi’s pluralistic agricultural extension system: Evidence and lessons from a three-year research study
In July 2016, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and partners launched a three-year evidence-based policy support project to analyze demand for and supply of agricultural extension services in Malawi and help design activities to strengthen service providers’ capacity to addres...
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| author | Ragasa, Catherine Mthinda, Catherine Chowa, Clodina Mzungu, Diston Kalagho, Kenan Kazembe, Cynthia |
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| description | In July 2016, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and partners launched a three-year evidence-based policy support project to analyze demand for and supply of agricultural extension services in Malawi and help design activities to strengthen service providers’ capacity to address farmers’ demands for information. For this project, IFPRI partnered with Wadonda Consult and the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) to conduct the household survey and qualitative interviews. Funding came from the Government of Flanders, the U.S. Agency for International Development through the Strengthening Agricultural and Nutrition Extension (SANE), the German Agency for International Cooperation [GIZ]), and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM). The project collected two rounds of nationally representative panel data of 2,880 households (2016 and 2018), two rounds of focus group discussions (FGDs), census of extension service providers in 15 districts, and a series of in-depth interviews. This note summarizes the main findings from 10 reports completed to analyze and draw conclusions from the stories behind these datasets. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1460542025-11-06T07:29:24Z Assessing and strengthening Malawi’s pluralistic agricultural extension system: Evidence and lessons from a three-year research study Ragasa, Catherine Mthinda, Catherine Chowa, Clodina Mzungu, Diston Kalagho, Kenan Kazembe, Cynthia agricultural extension systems extension programmes advisory services technology adoption agricultural extension farmers smallholders information In July 2016, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and partners launched a three-year evidence-based policy support project to analyze demand for and supply of agricultural extension services in Malawi and help design activities to strengthen service providers’ capacity to address farmers’ demands for information. For this project, IFPRI partnered with Wadonda Consult and the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) to conduct the household survey and qualitative interviews. Funding came from the Government of Flanders, the U.S. Agency for International Development through the Strengthening Agricultural and Nutrition Extension (SANE), the German Agency for International Cooperation [GIZ]), and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM). The project collected two rounds of nationally representative panel data of 2,880 households (2016 and 2018), two rounds of focus group discussions (FGDs), census of extension service providers in 15 districts, and a series of in-depth interviews. This note summarizes the main findings from 10 reports completed to analyze and draw conclusions from the stories behind these datasets. 2019-11-20 2024-06-21T09:05:42Z 2024-06-21T09:05:42Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146054 en https://doi.org/10.2499/1024320474 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146426 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133343 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148499 https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-019-00246-y https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104966 https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2020.1853793 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ragasa, Catherine; Mthinda, Catherine; Chowa, Clodina; Mzungu, Diston; Kalagho, Kenan; and Kazembe, Cynthia. 2019. Assessing and strengthening Malawi’s pluralistic agricultural extension system: Evidence and lessons from a three-year research study. Project Note. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146054 |
| spellingShingle | agricultural extension systems extension programmes advisory services technology adoption agricultural extension farmers smallholders information Ragasa, Catherine Mthinda, Catherine Chowa, Clodina Mzungu, Diston Kalagho, Kenan Kazembe, Cynthia Assessing and strengthening Malawi’s pluralistic agricultural extension system: Evidence and lessons from a three-year research study |
| title | Assessing and strengthening Malawi’s pluralistic agricultural extension system: Evidence and lessons from a three-year research study |
| title_full | Assessing and strengthening Malawi’s pluralistic agricultural extension system: Evidence and lessons from a three-year research study |
| title_fullStr | Assessing and strengthening Malawi’s pluralistic agricultural extension system: Evidence and lessons from a three-year research study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing and strengthening Malawi’s pluralistic agricultural extension system: Evidence and lessons from a three-year research study |
| title_short | Assessing and strengthening Malawi’s pluralistic agricultural extension system: Evidence and lessons from a three-year research study |
| title_sort | assessing and strengthening malawi s pluralistic agricultural extension system evidence and lessons from a three year research study |
| topic | agricultural extension systems extension programmes advisory services technology adoption agricultural extension farmers smallholders information |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146054 |
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