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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spelling	okr-10986-191542021-04-23T14:03:42Z Rural Extension Services Anderson, Jock R. Feder, Gershon 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 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. 2014-07-31T21:30:49Z 2014-07-31T21:30:49Z 2003-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2159875/rural-extension-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19154 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2976 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Anderson, Jock R. Feder, Gershon Rural Extension Services
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2976
description	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.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Anderson, Jock R. Feder, Gershon
author_facet	Anderson, Jock R. Feder, Gershon
author_sort	Anderson, Jock R.
title	Rural Extension Services
title_short	Rural Extension Services
title_full	Rural Extension Services
title_fullStr	Rural Extension Services
title_full_unstemmed	Rural Extension Services
title_sort	rural extension services
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2159875/rural-extension-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19154
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