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Agricultural extension: Global status and performance in selected countries [in Japanese]

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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Comparison of national extension systems: Application of the best-fit framework

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.

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Agricultural extension: Global status and performance in selected countries

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. 

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Global trends in extension provision, staffing, and methods

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.

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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.

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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.