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    1. Agricultural extension services at the crossroads: present dilemma and possible solutions for future in Uganda

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Semana, A.R. (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2002-12-15
    Published:
    Uganda
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23122
    Notes:
    Presented at the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Workshop of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, Kampala, Uganda, December 15-16, 2002. 7 pages.

    2. Can community-based organisations deliver adequate agricultural information to farmers? Evidence from rural resources centers in Cameroon

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kenfack Essougong, Urcil Papito (author), Fongang Fouepe, Guillaume Hensel (author), and Degrande, Ann (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018-01-30
    Published:
    USA: SAGE Journals
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10229
    Journal Title:
    Information Development
    Notes:
    12 pages., Via online journal., Rural Resources Centers (RRCs) managed by community-based organisations, where farmers come together for training and demonstration, have been an innovative extension approach in Cameroon since 2006. This paper describes information flow in RRCs and farmers’ assessment of RRCs as information sources. All the RRCs in Cameroon were studied and 29 group interviews, involving 118 producers and 7 individual interviews with RRC managers, were performed. RRCs share information with several stakeholders including farmers, research institutions, and educational and religious institutions; and interpersonal channels are commonly used. Farmers and agricultural extension workers are the most important sources of information for RRCs. Farmers rank RRCs as their second best sources of information after fellow farmers. On average, each year, RRCs organise at least 40 training sessions for about 1777 participants. The themes are mainly agroforestry (29%), marketing (20%), group dynamics (20%) and post-harvest techniques (11%). The issue of funding the activities of the RRCs needs to be addressed, they need to be better structured, and their human resources increased and strengthened.

    3. Rural extension and advisory services : new directions

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Byerlee, Derek (author), Zijp, Willem (author), and Alex, Gary (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2002-08
    Published:
    Intenrational Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Agriculture & Rural Development Department, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: C19928
    Notes:
    Burton Swanson Collection, 37 pages; Rural Development Strategy Backgroud Paper no. 9