Summarizes a presentation by Alice Blinn, associate editor of Ladies Home Journal, at the recent AAACE conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Cites advice from Professor Burrit, director of extension in New York during her early days: "Give people 85 percent of what they want and not more than 15 percent of what you think they should have." (p. 3)
14 pages., via online journal,, Effective agricultural extension is key to improving productivity, increasing farmers’ access to information, and promoting more diverse sets of crops and improved methods of cultivation. In India, however, the coverage of agricultural extension workers and the relevance of extension advice is poor. We investigate whether a women's self‐help group (SHG) platform could be an effective way of improving access to information, women's empowerment in agriculture, agricultural practices, and production diversity. We use cross‐sectional data on close to 1,000 women from five states in India and employ nearest‐neighbor matching models to match SHG and non‐SHG women along a range of observed characteristics. We find that participation in an SHG increases women's access to information and their participation in some agricultural decisions, but has limited impact on agricultural practices or outcomes, possibly due to financial constraints, social norms, and women's domestic responsibilities. SHGs need to go beyond provision of information to changing the dynamics around women's participation in agriculture to effectively translate knowledge into practice.
Darbas, Toni (author / CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems), Smith, Tim (author / University of the Sunshine Coast), and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organzation (CSIRO) and University of the Sunshine Coast
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2007-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27814
Gill, Dhara S. (author / Department of Rural Economy, University of Alberta, Canada)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1987-10-05
Published:
Africa: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: C19526
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, pp. 133-184; from "Workshop on improving the effectiveness of agricultural extension services in reaching rural women in Africa" Harare, Zimbabwe, 5-9 October 1987
Murphey, M.B. (author), Frutchey, F.P. (author), and Gallup, G. (author)
Format:
Research summary
Publication Date:
1942
Published:
USA: Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08955
Notes:
Page 15 in Lucinda Crile, Findings from studies of bulletins, news stories, and circular letters. Extension Service Circular 488. Revision of Extension Service Circular 461, which it supersedes. May 1953. 24 pages. Summary of research reported by New Jersey Agriculture College Extension, New Brunswick. 1942. 7 pages.
Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo (author), Babu, Suresh Chandra (author), Glendenning, Claire J. (author), Govindarajan, Senthil Kumar (author), and International Food Policy Research Institute.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2011-12
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00940
Notes:
ACDC holds contents page and discussion section. URL provides full-text access., Via AgEcon Search. 53 pages.
