Rural Extension Services
The authors analyze the considerations
that lead policymakers to undertake extension investments as
a key public responsibility, as well as the complex set of
factors and intra-agency incentives that explain why
different extension systems' performance vary. The
authors provide a conceptual framework outlining
farmers' demand for information, the welfare economic
characterizations of extension services, and the
organizational and political attributes that govern the
performance of extension systems. They use the conceptual
framework to examine several extension modalities and to
analyze their likely and actual effectiveness. Specifically,
the modalities reviewed include "training and
visit" extension, decentralized systems,
"fee-for-service" and privatized extension, and
farmer-field-schools. The authors also discuss
methodological issues pertaining to the assessment of
extension outcomes and review the empirical literature on
extension impact. They emphasize the efficiency gains that
can come from locally decentralized delivery systems with
incentive structures based largely on private provision that
in most poorer countries is still publicly-funded. In
wealthier countries, and for particular higher income farmer
groups, extension systems will likely evolve into
fee-for-service organizations.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Anderson, Jock R.,
Feder, Gershon |
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2003-02
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| Subjects: | ACCESS TO INFORMATION,
AGENTS,
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT,
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION,
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES,
AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION,
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH,
AGRICULTURE,
APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY,
BUREAUCRACIES,
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT,
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES,
COLLECTIVE ACTION,
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK,
CONSULTING SERVICES,
CROPS,
CROWDING,
CROWDING OUT,
DECISION MAKERS,
DECISION MAKING,
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES,
DISEQUILIBRIUM,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
ECONOMICS,
EQUIPMENT,
EXCLUDABILITY,
EXTENSION,
EXTENSION SERVICES,
EXTERNALITIES,
FARMERS,
FARMS,
FERTILIZERS,
HOME ECONOMICS,
INCENTIVE SYSTEMS,
INCOME,
INCOMES,
INFORMATION INPUTS,
INFORMATION PRODUCTION,
INPUT USE,
KNOW-HOW,
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER,
LABOR FORCE,
LIVESTOCK,
MARKET DISTORTIONS,
MARKET FAILURES,
MARKETING,
MEDIA,
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES,
NGOS,
NUTRITION,
PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES,
POLICY ENVIRONMENT,
POLICY MAKERS,
POLICY RESEARCH,
POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES,
PRIVATE GOODS,
PRIVATE SECTOR,
PRODUCERS,
PRODUCTIVITY,
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH,
PROGRAMMING,
PROGRAMS,
PUBLIC GOODS,
PURCHASING POWER,
RADIO,
RESEARCH SYSTEMS,
RURAL DEVELOPMENT,
RURAL INFORMATION SERVICES,
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE,
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY,
SCIENTISTS,
SERVICE DELIVERY,
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER,
TELEVISION,
TERMS OF TRADE,
UNIVERSITIES,
URBAN AREAS,
WELFARE ECONOMICS, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2159875/rural-extension-services
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19154
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