Is there a role for agricultural committees and stakeholder panels in improving information and accountability in extension service provision: Evidence from Malawi

This paper looks at village agriculture committees, model villages, and stakeholder panels at various levels as participatory and decentralized structures for improving demand articulation and accountability in agricultural extension service provision in Malawi. It uses various datasets including na...

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Autores principales: Ragasa, Catherine, Mingote, Cristina Alvarez, McNamara, Paul E.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147315
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author Ragasa, Catherine
Mingote, Cristina Alvarez
McNamara, Paul E.
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description This paper looks at village agriculture committees, model villages, and stakeholder panels at various levels as participatory and decentralized structures for improving demand articulation and accountability in agricultural extension service provision in Malawi. It uses various datasets including nationally representative household and community surveys, a survey of service providers, a survey of representatives from the various structures, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews. It employs various estimation methods including matching techniques, matching plus regression adjustments, and an instrumental variables approach.
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spelling CGSpace1473152025-11-06T06:30:54Z Is there a role for agricultural committees and stakeholder panels in improving information and accountability in extension service provision: Evidence from Malawi Ragasa, Catherine Mingote, Cristina Alvarez McNamara, Paul E. community development rural communities advisory services agricultural extension surveys committees stakeholders households capacity development agriculture smallholders community involvement nutrition decentralization rural development livelihoods information accountability statistical methods This paper looks at village agriculture committees, model villages, and stakeholder panels at various levels as participatory and decentralized structures for improving demand articulation and accountability in agricultural extension service provision in Malawi. It uses various datasets including nationally representative household and community surveys, a survey of service providers, a survey of representatives from the various structures, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews. It employs various estimation methods including matching techniques, matching plus regression adjustments, and an instrumental variables approach. 2018-05-08 2024-06-21T09:13:14Z 2024-06-21T09:13:14Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147315 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148499 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146426 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147955 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147482 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ragasa, Catherine; Mingote, Cristina Alvarez; and McNamara, Paul. 2018. Is there a role for agricultural committees and stakeholder panels in improving information and accountability in extension service provision: Evidence from Malawi. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1726. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147315
spellingShingle community development
rural communities
advisory services
agricultural extension
surveys
committees
stakeholders
households
capacity development
agriculture
smallholders
community involvement
nutrition
decentralization
rural development
livelihoods
information
accountability
statistical methods
Ragasa, Catherine
Mingote, Cristina Alvarez
McNamara, Paul E.
Is there a role for agricultural committees and stakeholder panels in improving information and accountability in extension service provision: Evidence from Malawi
title Is there a role for agricultural committees and stakeholder panels in improving information and accountability in extension service provision: Evidence from Malawi
title_full Is there a role for agricultural committees and stakeholder panels in improving information and accountability in extension service provision: Evidence from Malawi
title_fullStr Is there a role for agricultural committees and stakeholder panels in improving information and accountability in extension service provision: Evidence from Malawi
title_full_unstemmed Is there a role for agricultural committees and stakeholder panels in improving information and accountability in extension service provision: Evidence from Malawi
title_short Is there a role for agricultural committees and stakeholder panels in improving information and accountability in extension service provision: Evidence from Malawi
title_sort is there a role for agricultural committees and stakeholder panels in improving information and accountability in extension service provision evidence from malawi
topic community development
rural communities
advisory services
agricultural extension
surveys
committees
stakeholders
households
capacity development
agriculture
smallholders
community involvement
nutrition
decentralization
rural development
livelihoods
information
accountability
statistical methods
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147315
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