Although many studies have assessed the impact of extension, most treat presence or absence extension as a binary variable to test treatment effects, and fewer investigate how type provider (e.g., govt./private) frequency contact (number visits) farm household welfare. To address this knowledge gap, article investigates agricultural access, frequency, on chemical fertilizer application, crop yi...

For most of the rural poor in developing countries, improving day-to-day quality of life requires improvements in agricultural productivity. With the gradual reduction of government support for public agricultural research, extension, and marketing in many of these settings, the dissemination of new agricultural technologies is increasingly shaped by the private sector(Feder, Willett and Zijp 2...

abstractthe purpose of this study was to assess organizational and personnel structure in iranian agriculture extension system (iaes). the research instrument was a structural questionnaire including close-ended questions which its validity and reliability was confirmed by using expert panel and cranach’s alpha test, respectively. the statistical population of this research included all public ...

Extension and advisory services are integral to the AIS, where now more than ever they play a brokering role, linking key actors such as producer organizations, research services, and higher education. This module looks at the history and current status of extension and advisory services and examines important topics such as pluralism, new roles for extension, new kinds of service providers, IC...

esee 2015, chania, greececonference dates: july 4 – 7, 2017conference theme: transformative learning: new directions in agricultural extension and educationthe 23rd european seminar on extension (and) education (esee) will be held in the mediterraneanagronomic institute of chania, and hosted by the lab. of agricultural extension, rural systems &rural sociology, dept. of agricultural economics &...

diversity, accessibility and reliability are the three main factors governing the adoption of information sources by farmers in rural areas. based on the research hypothesis, the existing knowledge and information delivery system in the agricultural sector, functions far below the ever changing nature and tangible needs of existing farming systems. the main objective in this study is to determi...

diversity, accessibility and reliability are the three main factors governing the adoption of information sources by farmers in rural areas. based on the research hypothesis, the existing knowledge and information delivery system in the agricultural sector, functions far below the ever changing nature and tangible needs of existing farming systems. the main objective in this study is to determi...