Agricultural Extension: Worldwide Innovations

by R Saravanan

ISBN: 9789351243922
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Imprint : NIPA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 12150.00
Biblio : 434 pages,25cm

Author Profile

R. Saravanan: Associate Professer (Communication) & In-Charge, School of Social Sciences, College of Post Graduate Studies, Central Agricultural University, Umiam, Meghalaya 793 103, India

About The Book

Agricultural extension is in a great transition worldwide. The demand for public extension reform is greater than ever before. The agriculture knowledge infrastructure is evolving in a big way with the emergence of pluralistic extension actors and innovations to cater the needs of the farmeThis book is an attempt to document the past experiences and recent developments in the agriculture knowledge information systems. The compilation of 14 country chapters such as; Afghanistan, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, India, Iran, Mozambique, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe is intended to document the experience of extension systems. The fourteen country chapters highlight the worldwide agricultural extension reform measures (Decentralization, Privatization, Demand driven and Cost-recovery approaches), Institutional Pluralism (Public, Private, and NGOs) and Innovations (Farmer to Farmer extension, Participatory and Self-Help Group (SHG) approaches and ICT initiatives). The agricultural extension students, academicians, scientist, practitioners, administrators, and policy makers will find this compilation of extension experiences from the fourteen countries relevant for designing future reforms, advancing pluralistic extension system and also to integrating innovations in their extension approaches.

Table of Contents

"Dedication Preface General Outline of the Country Wise Chapters List of Contributors 1. Afghanistan Tooryalai Wesa 2. Benin Agbo Bernard Philibert, Agoundote Desire, Midingoyi Gnonna Soul-kifouly 3. Cote d’Ivoire (Coste D’Ivoire) Kouame Kouassi Alphonse 4. Ghana Edward Ackah Nyamike Jnr. and Charity Adjoe 5. India R. Saravanan 6. Iran Hossein Shabanali Fami, Ali Asadi and Khalil Kalantari 7. Japan Masami Yamada 8. Jordan Abdel Nabi Fardous and Jamal Alrusheidat 9. Mozambique Helder R. Gemo 10. Nepal Gana Pati Ojha and Birendra Bir Basnyat 11. Peru Oscar Ortiz and Willy Pradel 12. Philippines Florencia G. Palis, Rica Joy B. Flor and Grant Robert Singleton 13. Trinidad & Tobago Joseph Seepersad & Wayne G. Ganpat 14. Zimbabwe C. T. Gadzirayi, E. Mutandwa, D. Mufambi J. Chihiya and T.A. Tigere"