This study is prepared as an input for the preparation of a new Vision-to-Action Strategy for World Bank support to rural development. The paper explores issues and options relating to support for agricultural...
Contracting for delivery of agricultural extension services is a widespread strategy used in many countries and situations. In developing countries, contracting often shifts delivery of extension from...
Over the past two decades many countries have undertaken to decentralize government functions and transfer authority and responsibilities from central to intermediate and local governments, and often to...
Is agricultural extension in developing countries up to the task of providing the information, ideas, and organization needed to meet food needs? What role should governments play in implementing or facilitating...
Information is crucial in agricultural production, in addition to land, labor and capital. However, investment in Information Technology (IT) has been mainly in urban areas of industrial countries, despite...
Information is an essential production factor, particularly in modernizing agriculture. Farmers need and want information to improve their farming. Farmers only need and want extension to the extent that...