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2. Contributions to group work and to the management of collective processes in extension and rural development
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Landini, Fernando (author), Bianqui, Vanina (author), Vargas, Gilda (author), Inés Mathot y Rebolé, María (author), Martinez, Manuela (author), and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina National Council of Scientific and Technological Research, Argentina University of La Cuenca del Plata, Argentina University of Morón, Argentina University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-10-07
- Published:
- Argentina: Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 106 Document Number: D10934
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Rural Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 56(2017) : 143-155
- Notes:
- 12 pages, via online journal, Working with farmers' groups, associations and cooperatives constitutes a fundamental element of extension work with family farmers. Despite the fact that extension practitioners face many problems in this area of their work, there is currently a lack of academic literature that systematically addresses the topic and offers concrete guidelines for practice. Thus, this paper will aim to clarify the benefits of farmers' groups, associations and networks within the context of family farming, systematise problems faced by rural extensionists when working with farmers' groups and associations, provide conceptual tools for understanding group and associative processes, and construct a set of guidelines and recommendations for facing said problems. In order to achieve these aims, the authors conducted an extensive literature review and drew upon their personal experience on the topic. Results suggest that some of the benefits of associative work are: better access to inputs, produce and credit markets, the facilitation of learning processes, the empowerment of family farmers as social actors, and a reduction of rural extension costs. Additionally, with respects to the problems faced by extensionists, the following can be highlighted: individualist attitudes and conflicts between farmers, scarce participation and commitment, problems with leaderships and with organisations' administrative management, and the lack of extensionists' training to address these processes, among others. With regards to the factors that increase trust and cooperation are: interpersonal communication and mutual knowledge, sharing problems, values and objectives, and the existence of shared rules for the functioning of the group that include sanctions for transgressors. In this context, the extensionists' role will be that of facilitating processes of construction of group relationships, creating rules for the groups' functioning and developing the group's capacities for self-management.
3. Factors influencing farmers’ satisfaction with the quality of agricultural extension services
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kassem, Hazem S. (author), Alotaibi, Bader Alhafi (author), Muddassir, Muhammad (author), and Herab, Ahmed (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-01-17
- Published:
- International: Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12478
- Journal Title:
- Evaluation and Program Planning
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 85
- Notes:
- 18 pages, Assessing farmers’ satisfaction with the quality of agricultural-extension services is essential for developing extension programs that comply with farmers’ needs and agroecological conditions. This study aimed to determine factors influencing farmers’ satisfaction with extension services. Data were collected through a questionnaire from a random sample of 393 farmers in the Kafr El Sheikh governorate. Farmers assessed the quality of extension services by five main indicators: (1) availability, (2) accessibility, (3) diversity, (4) relevance, and (5) effectiveness. Descriptive statistics and a logistic-regression model were used to analyze the data. Results showed that farmers had lowly participated in the provided extension services. The accessibility of services was ranked first with regard to satisfaction, while diversity of services was the lowest-ranked quality attribute. Results also revealed that factors significantly influencing farmers’ satisfaction included farm size, diversity of farming activities, annual income, and participation in extension services. Results provide practical implications for policy makers to support smallholder farmers by providing high-quality extension programs.
4. Increased interaction with farmers as the key to improving third world extension : a proposal based on a field study in Northern Ghana
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Agunga, Robert (author / Ohio State University)
- Format:
- Proceedings
- Publication Date:
- 1991-03-28
- Published:
- Ghana: Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: C19952
- Notes:
- Burton Swanson Collection, from "Proceedings seventh annual meeting of the assocation for international agricultural and extension education"Riverfront Holiday Inn, St. Louis, Missouri, March 28-30, 1991
5. JVSAP extension agent training (Jordan Valley Agricultural Services Project)
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- 1986
- Published:
- Jordan
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09980
- Notes:
- From Agricultural Communications Program files, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign., Report of a 10-day workshop for JVASP extension agents - conducted by a team of extension communicators and educators from Washington State University, University of Illinois, and the University of Jordan. Purpose: help Jordan extension agents strengthen their competencies to work with farmers in the knowledge transfer process.
6. Making decisions in agriculture: the conflict between extension and adoption
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Scott, Pennie (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2005
- Published:
- Australia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 177 Document Number: C30588
- Journal Title:
- Extension Farming Systems Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 1(1) : 85-88
7. Putting process into practice: operationalising participatory extension
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Chuma, E. (author), Hagmann, J. (author), Murwira, K (author), and Connolly, M. (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 1999-07
- Published:
- Africa: Overseas Development Institute, Agricultural Research and Extension Network
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: C19993
- Notes:
- Burton Swanson Collection, 18 pages; Network paper no. 94
8. The villiager extensionist in developming nations
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- V. Lopez, Gabino (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 1995-07
- Published:
- Agricultural Research and Extension Network, Overseas Development Institute
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: C20767
- Notes:
- Burton Swanson Collection, pages 36-44, Network Paper no. 59a from "Farmer-led approaches to extension : papers presented at a workshop in the Philippines, July 1995"