Gender and Governance in Agricultural Extension Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia
The 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 the...
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okr-10986-94602021-04-23T14:02:45Z Gender and Governance in Agricultural Extension Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia Madhvani, Sonia Pehu, Eija ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHERS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE CIVIL SOCIETY DECENTRALIZATION DISCRETION EQUITABLE ACCESS EXTENSION AGENTS FARMER FARMERS FEMALE FARMERS FEMALE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FOOD POLICY GENDER GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNANCE REFORMS HOUSEHOLD HEADS LAWS LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK NEW TECHNOLOGIES NGOS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS POLITICIANS POOR FARMERS POOR PEOPLE PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL SERVICE PROVISION RURAL SERVICES RURAL WOMEN SERVICE DELIVERY The 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. 2012-08-13T08:39:16Z 2012-08-13T08:39:16Z 2010-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/03/12760427/gender-governance-agricultural-extension-services-insights-india-ghana-ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9460 English Agricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 53 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research South Asia Africa India Ethiopia Ghana |
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ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHERS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE CIVIL SOCIETY DECENTRALIZATION DISCRETION EQUITABLE ACCESS EXTENSION AGENTS FARMER FARMERS FEMALE FARMERS FEMALE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FOOD POLICY GENDER GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNANCE REFORMS HOUSEHOLD HEADS LAWS LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK NEW TECHNOLOGIES NGOS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS POLITICIANS POOR FARMERS POOR PEOPLE PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL SERVICE PROVISION RURAL SERVICES RURAL WOMEN SERVICE DELIVERY |
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ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHERS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE CIVIL SOCIETY DECENTRALIZATION DISCRETION EQUITABLE ACCESS EXTENSION AGENTS FARMER FARMERS FEMALE FARMERS FEMALE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FOOD POLICY GENDER GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNANCE REFORMS HOUSEHOLD HEADS LAWS LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK NEW TECHNOLOGIES NGOS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS POLITICIANS POOR FARMERS POOR PEOPLE PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL SERVICE PROVISION RURAL SERVICES RURAL WOMEN SERVICE DELIVERY Madhvani, Sonia Pehu, Eija Gender and Governance in Agricultural Extension Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia |
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The 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. |
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Madhvani, Sonia Pehu, Eija |
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Madhvani, Sonia Pehu, Eija |
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Madhvani, Sonia |
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Gender and Governance in Agricultural Extension Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia |
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Gender and Governance in Agricultural Extension Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia |
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Gender and Governance in Agricultural Extension Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia |
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Gender and Governance in Agricultural Extension Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia |
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Gender and Governance in Agricultural Extension Services : Insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia |
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gender and governance in agricultural extension services : insights from india, ghana, and ethiopia |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/03/12760427/gender-governance-agricultural-extension-services-insights-india-ghana-ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9460 |
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