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Gender and Governance in Agricultural Extension Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia

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dc.contributor.authorMadhvani, Sonia
dc.contributor.authorPehu, Eija
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-13T08:39:16Z
dc.date.available2012-08-13T08:39:16Z
dc.date.issued2010-03
dc.description.abstractThe gender and governance in rural services insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia report aims to generate policy-relevant knowledge on strategies for improving agricultural service delivery, with a focus on providing more equitable access to these services, especially for women. The project has been implemented in India, Ghana, and Ethiopia. These countries were chosen to capture variation in important macro-factors, especially the level of economic development; various aspects of governance, such as political system and party system; the role of women in society; and strategies adopted to promote gender equity. The project focused on agricultural extension as an example of a critical agricultural service. In India, the main problem is the lack of overall capacity resulting from a past policy of not hiring agricultural extension providers. The study indicates that access to agricultural extension is low in Ghana, despite the fact that an extension agent-to-farmer ratio is comparatively high. Agricultural extension is a high for the Ethiopia government priority, but coverage of extension services across regions varies widely, and extension agents have limited discretion to adapt technology packages to the context of individual communities. The gender gap in access to extension can also be improved.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/03/12760427/gender-governance-agricultural-extension-services-insights-india-ghana-ethiopia
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/9460
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/9460
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAgricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 53
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INPUTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL MARKETING
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHERS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectCIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subjectDECENTRALIZATION
dc.subjectDISCRETION
dc.subjectEQUITABLE ACCESS
dc.subjectEXTENSION AGENTS
dc.subjectFARMER
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFEMALE FARMERS
dc.subjectFEMALE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
dc.subjectFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE REFORM
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE REFORMS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEADS
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectLIVELIHOODS
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK
dc.subjectNEW TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subjectNGOS
dc.subjectNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectPOLITICIANS
dc.subjectPOOR FARMERS
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPUBLIC OFFICIALS
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectRURAL SERVICE PROVISION
dc.subjectRURAL SERVICES
dc.subjectRURAL WOMEN
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.titleGender and Governance in Agricultural Extension Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopiaen
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.date.disclosure2010-09-15
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T10:37:40.295888Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/03/12760427/gender-governance-agricultural-extension-services-insights-india-ghana-ethiopia
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeAgriculture
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.guid692491468268162942
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000333038_20100915004457
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum12760427
okr.identifier.report56582
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.region.countryEthiopia
okr.region.countryGhana
okr.topicAgricultural Knowledge and Information Systems
okr.topicRural Development Knowledge and Information Systems
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Regional Economic Development
okr.topicPublic Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures
okr.topicRural Development
okr.topicPublic Sector Development
okr.topicAgriculture
okr.unitAgriculture & Rural Dvmnt (ARD)
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