Rural Extension Services

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' pe...

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Main Authors:	Anderson, Jock R., Feder, Gershon
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2159875/rural-extension-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19154

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2159875/rural-extension-services
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19154

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