農業の変革と発展は、開発途上国の10億人以上の小規模農家をはじめ農村に 暮らす人々の生活にとって非常に重要である農業改良普及は、こうした変革 において重要な役割を果たし、アドバイス、情報提供、イノベーション、関係の仲介・促進、リスクや災害への対応などにより農民を支援することがで きる。本書は、農業改良普及の世界的な概要を示し、国および地域レベルの 改良普及システムを評価・比較し、以下の分野における改良普及アプローチ のパフォーマンスを検証している。
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Malawi
A number of initiatives are being implemented in response to this identified need.
As seen in Chapter 2, extension has evolved over the decades in various ways: in terms of its governance structure, in terms of who provides extension, in terms of capacity (staffing) and management, and in terms of advisory methods.
How can extension services best help small farmers meet today’s challenges? This global study points to ways to improve outcomes, enhance financial sustainability, and achieve greater scale.
Brazil
This chapter examined perceptions of family farmers and extensionists regarding extension services resulting from the agricultural extension policy in Brazil.
Ethiopia
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.
This chapter is a landscape view of extension globally. It compares the recent status to the situation several decades ago, when earlier global assessments were conducted.
Uganda
The objective of this chapter is to contribute to the policy debate on the changing landscape of agricultural extension and advisory services in Uganda.
Conclusions and policy implications
The two objectives of this book are to assess extension and advisory services in a cross-country comparative context in the following ways: 1.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
This chapter analyzes the provision of agricultural extension and advisory services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the context of a postconflict country and the experiences and challenges in reconstituting an extension system.
Introduction and motivation
Agricultural development is critical to the livelihoods of more than a billion small-scale farmers and other rural populations in developing countries.
Agricultural transformation and development are critical to the livelihoods of more than a billion small-scale farmers and other rural people in developing countries.