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First published in 1987,
Agricultural Extension Worldwide presents an international perspective on agricultural extension and highlights extension as an integral function of agricultural development. Agricultural extension is one of the largest nonformal problem-solving educational systems in the world.
List of contents
Acknowledgements Introduction I. Issues 1. The Private Sector: Its Extension Systems and Public/Private Coordination
2. Administrative Decentralization of Agricultural and Rural Development Programs in Asia: A Comparative Analysis
3. The Policy Environment Necessary to Make Extension Effective
4. An Overview of Agricultural Extension and Its Linkages with Agricultural Research: The World Bank Experience
5. Successful Agricultural Extension: Its Dependence upon other Aspects of Agricultural Development: The Case of Public Sector Extension in North- east Africa
6. Making Extension Effective: The Role of Extension/Research Linkages
II. Practices 7. The Different Systems of Agricultural Extension
Education with Special Attention to Asia and Africa
8. The IARCs and their Impact on National Research and Extension Programs
9. Training and Visit Extension: Back to Basics
10. Making Extension Effective in Kenya: The District Focus for Rural Development
11. The Israeli Experience in Agricultural Extension and its Application to Developing Countries
III: Emerging Priorities 12. Designing Agricultural Extension for Women Farmers in Developing Countries
13. Incentives for Effective Agricultural Extension at the Farmer /Agency Interface
14. India's Agricultural Extension Development and the Move toward Top-level Management Training
15. Agricultural Manpower Development in Africa
16. Emerging Priorities for Developing Countries in Agricultural Extension
Epilogue Index
About the author
William M. Rivera and Susan G. Schram
Summary
First published in 1987, Agricultural Extension Worldwide presents an international perspective on agricultural extension and highlights extension as an integral function of agricultural development. Agricultural extension is one of the largest nonformal problem-solving educational systems in the world.