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A meta-analysis of the impact of agricultural extension services

China Agricultural Economic Review, 2022
PurposeThis study aims to address two research questions. First, do the agricultural extension services have an impact on the potential outcomes considered in the primary studies, and to what extent?
Kolawole Ogundari
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Examining the relationship between farmers’ characteristics and access to agricultural extension: Empirical evidence from northern Uganda

The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2022
Purpose This study aimed at assessing how farmers’ access to agricultural extension is linked to farmers’ choice of extension service providers, and the crops and livestock activities engaged in at the farm level.
D. Okello, I. Akite, Francis Atube, S. W. Kalule, D. Ongeng   +4 more
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The Role of Participatory Approaches in Modern Agricultural Extension: Bridging Knowledge Gaps for Sustainable Farming Practices

Journal of Experimental Agriculture International
Participatory approaches in agricultural extension have revolutionized knowledge dissemination by fostering collaborative learning, farmer empowerment, and the co-creation of context-specific innovations.
Chandra Shekhar Prajapati, N. K. Priya, Shobhana Bishnoi, Santosh Kumar Vishwakarma, K. Buvaneswari, Sakshi Shastri, Somdutt Tripathi, Abhishek Jadhav   +7 more
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Agricultural Extension for Adopting Technological Practices in Developing Countries: A Scoping Review of Barriers and Dimensions

Sustainability
This scoping review employed the PRISMA-ScR framework to dissect the complexities of technological extension in agriculture within developing nations, where varying socio-economic, cultural, and environmental facets deeply influence extension strategies.
J. F. Becerra-Encinales, Paloma Bernal-Hernandez, Jorge A. Beltrán-Giraldo, Alexandre P. Cooman, L. H. Reyes, Juan C. Cruz   +5 more
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Reconsidering Agricultural Extension

The World Bank Research Observer, 1997
The institutional design of agricultural extension programs in developing countries has always been subject to heated debate. But whereas previous disagreements centered on the relative efficacy of different organizational approaches to public service delivery, the questions currently raised by agricultural policymakers and extension practitioners go ...
R. Picciotto, J. R. Anderson
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Integration of ICT in Agricultural Extension Services: A Review

Journal of Experimental Agriculture International
The integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into agricultural extension services is transforming the way knowledge and resources are disseminated to farmers, addressing longstanding challenges of reach, efficiency, and inclusivity.
Aastha Khatri, Michelle C. Lallawmkimi, Pratima Rana, Chandan Kumar Panigrahi, Akanksha Minj, Sanjay Koushal, Mohammed Umar Ali   +6 more
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Gender Inequality and Agricultural Extension

The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2013
This special issue of the Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension focuses on the issue of gender inequality and agricultural extension.
Jafry, Tahseen, Sulaiman V, Rasheed
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The influence of privatised agricultural extension on downward accountability to smallholder tea farmers

The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2021
Purpose To assess the extent to which privatised extension service, which is premised to be demand-driven, delivers downward accountability to smallholder farmers who are both owners and users of agricultural services.
R. Mbeche, G. Mose, J. Ateka
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Mortality Among Agricultural Extension Agents

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 1988
AbstractThe mortality experience of agricultural extension agents in the Cooperative Extension Service (CES) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture who died during the period January 1, 1970‐December 31, 1979 (n = 1,495 white males) was evaluated in proportionate‐mortality and case‐control studies.
M C, Alavanja, A, Blair, S, Merkle, J, Teske, B, Eaton   +4 more
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Analysing the performance of agricultural extension managers: a case study from Uganda

The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2021
Purpose To assess the performance of agricultural extension managers and the factors influencing it in the case study of Uganda. Design/methodology/approach Secondary data was analysed using descriptive statistics and econometric models.
Angella Namyenya, M. Zeller, P. Rwamigisa, R. Birner   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source