Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05222
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INTERPAKS; see also C00586, C00587, London: Overseas Development Institute, Agricultural Administration Unit, 1979. (Discussion paper 1). 34 p., Describes past and present practical organization of Botswana's agricultural extension service. Shows the new structure comprised of three main departments: veterinary, agricultural research, and agricultural field services. The most essential change was that all farmer contact, extension and schemes to help farmers were to be organized by of through offices with territorial responsibility. Describes the detailed records that will be kept, the monthly program of the agricultural demonstrators and their report on achievement, the procedure for preparation of annual plans, and the evaluation of the system. Botswana's system differs from the T&V system in its view of the working role and function of the demonstrator himself.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05224
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INTERPAKS, Kingston, Jamaica: Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agricolas, 1979. 46 p., Presents a study of agricultural extension services in Jamaica from 1895 to present. Includes the role of the Jamaican Agricultural Society, the founding of the Jamaican School of Agriculture, the establishment of farmers' associations, and the 4-H movement. Discusses the reorganization of the extension services within the Ministry of Agriculture. Examines the current role in extension of farmers, the church, schools, 4-H clubs and home economics groups.
