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Rationale for Public Funding of Agricultural Extension Programs

Journal of Agricultural and Food Information, 1996
ABSTRACT Facing mounting debts and pressures toward privatization, many governments are reducing appropriations for agricultural extension. Privately funded agricultural extension programs are increasing. This paper suggests three criteria to help legislators, policy makers, and administrators decide which individual extension programs should be ...
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Defining a Purpose: Diverse Farm Constituencies and Publicly Funded Agricultural Research and Extension

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 2005
In a time of shrinking public budgets, determining the most appropriate Land Grant University (LGU) response to expanding crises in the agri-food system has critical implications. Is the most effec- tive role for public scientists to develop cutting-edge technologies that enable industrially organized farms to improve production efficiencies and ...
Ostrom, M., Jackson-Smith, Douglas B.
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Assessing the impacts of a donor-funded agricultural extension service on smallholders in Umzimkhulu, South Africa

Acta Horticulturae, 2016
This paper examines the impact of Lima Rural Development Foundation's (hereafter Lima) agricultural extension services to disadvantaged communities in rural South Africa. Lima's farmer support programme aims to improve smallholders' food production practices, connect them to appropriate markets, and stimulate rural agriculture's potential for creating ...
A. Thom, N. Jonas
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