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Rural Extension Services

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dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Jock R.
dc.contributor.authorFeder, Gershon
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-31T21:30:49Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T21:30:49Z
dc.date.issued2003-02
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2159875/rural-extension-services
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2976
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19154
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2976
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subjectAGENTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INFORMATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAPPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectBUREAUCRACIES
dc.subjectBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
dc.subjectCOLLECTIVE ACTION
dc.subjectCONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectCONSULTING SERVICES
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectCROWDING
dc.subjectCROWDING OUT
dc.subjectDECISION MAKERS
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDISEQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEQUIPMENT
dc.subjectEXCLUDABILITY
dc.subjectEXTENSION
dc.subjectEXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFARMS
dc.subjectFERTILIZERS
dc.subjectHOME ECONOMICS
dc.subjectINCENTIVE SYSTEMS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINFORMATION INPUTS
dc.subjectINFORMATION PRODUCTION
dc.subjectINPUT USE
dc.subjectKNOW-HOW
dc.subjectKNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK
dc.subjectMARKET DISTORTIONS
dc.subjectMARKET FAILURES
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectMEDIA
dc.subjectNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
dc.subjectNGOS
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPARTICIPATORY APPROACHES
dc.subjectPOLICY ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKERS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectPRIVATE GOODS
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRODUCERS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectPROGRAMMING
dc.subjectPROGRAMS
dc.subjectPUBLIC GOODS
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER
dc.subjectRADIO
dc.subjectRESEARCH SYSTEMS
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL INFORMATION SERVICES
dc.subjectRURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectSCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
dc.subjectSCIENTISTS
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
dc.subjectTELEVISION
dc.subjectTERMS OF TRADE
dc.subjectUNIVERSITIES
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectWELFARE ECONOMICS
dc.titleRural Extension Servicesen
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okr.crossref.titleRural Extension Services
okr.date.disclosure2003-02-28
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:50:49.988866Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2159875/rural-extension-services
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid254531468741366218
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2976
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000094946_03031111352821
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum2159875
okr.identifier.reportWPS2976
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2003/03/22/000094946_03031111352821/Rendered/PDF/multi0page.pdfen
okr.sectorAgriculture, fishing, and forestry :: Agricultural extension and research
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Knowledge Economy
okr.topicAgricultural Knowledge and Information Systems
okr.topicPublic Sector Development::Decentralization
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicHealth Economics and Finance
okr.topicInformation and Communication Technologies::ICT Policy and Strategies
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.unitAgriculture and Rural Development Department, Development Research Group
okr.volume1
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