Amarasuriya, Nimala (author / Assistant Director of Publications, Natural Resources, Energy, and Science Authority of Sri Lanka) and Assistant Director of Publications, Natural Resources, Energy, and Science Authority of Sri Lanka
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 69 Document Number: C02929
Golden, W. G. (author) and Sirinayake, D.W. (author)
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Paper
Publication Date:
1971-04
Published:
Philippines
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes1 Document Number: C12147
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Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Presented at the International Rice Research Conference, International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines. 13 p.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36154
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ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/006/y4721e/y4721e00.pdf, Pages 97-114 in Bruce Girard (ed.), The one to watch: radio, new ICTs and interactivity, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. 243 pages. In collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Geneva Office and Communication for Development Group, Extension, Education and Communication Service, Research, Extension and Training Division, Sustainable Development Department. 243 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07787
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cited reference, The Hague: International Service for National Agricultural Research, October 1990. 10 p. (ISNAR Linkages Discussion Paper No. 8)., This paper focuses on the links between rice research and extension in the Matara District of Sri Lanka. Various formal linkage mechanisms were set up when the training and visit system of extension was implemented nationwide, including regional technical working groups, research-extension dialogues, bi-weekly training, and the use of subject-matter officers as liaison between research and extension. These mechanisms improved the links but could not overcome the poor communication and great social distance between researchers and extension workers. After World Bank project funding ended, the mechanisms could not be fully sustained. (original)
Tripp, Robert (author / Overseas Development Institute, London, UK), Wijeratne, Mahinda (author / University of Ruhuna, Kamburupitiya, Sri Lanka), and Piyadasa, V. Hiroshini (author / University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2005-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23161
15 p., The results of a study in Sri Lanka, combined with a review of the literature, provide evidence that Farmer Field Schools (FFS) can contribute to increasing farmers' skills and lowering insecticide use in rice. However, there are questions about their capacity to reach the majority of farmers and there's little evidence that skills learned are passed to nonparticipants, or that an FFS is a likely basis for sustained group activity. The results draw attention to the problems of relying on simple formulas in agricultural programs and point to inadequacies in the assessment of donor projects.