Uganda - Extension, Decentralization, and Village Participation

In Uganda, efforts to decentralize the management of the extension service and to launch the village participation in land development exercise have led to a number of issues, outcomes and expectations. This overview looks at what can be realistica...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: John Weetjens
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1998/07/12886912/uganda-extension-decentralization-village-participation
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9891
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Summary:In Uganda, efforts to decentralize the management of the extension service and to launch the village participation in land development exercise have led to a number of issues, outcomes and expectations. This overview looks at what can be realistically expected from the extension service (in terms of contact with farmers), from decentralization (in terms of management improvement), and from the village participation exercise (in terms of grassroots empowerment).