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Resilience Building in Agricultural Extension Programmes: Application of a Resilience Framework and Development of a Farmer-Focused Assessment Tool
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Jorie Knook; Callum Eastwood; Luke Beehre; Karen Mitchelmore; Adam Barker – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2024
Purpose: Participatory extension programmes (PEPs) are a well-known approach to achieve change on an on-farm level. This study examines whether there is a change in on-farm resilience due to PEP participation, by identifying whether participation leads to an increase in resilience capacities, and which aspects of the programme contribute to this.…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Capacity Building, Agricultural Education, Rural Extension
Taking a Snapshot of Extension and Advisory Systems Performance and Outcomes: Insights on a Semi-Quantitative Evaluation Approach
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Blockeel, Johan; Chuluunbaatar, Delgermaa; Holley, Aiden; Sulaiman, Rasheed; Djamen, Patrice; Grovermann, Christian – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2023
Purpose: To evaluate pluralistic Extension and Advisory Services (EAS) systems performance and outcomes, and share the experiences made with applying a participatory semi-quantitative approach allowing for cross-country comparability. Design/methodology/approach: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) developed the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Rural Extension, Extension Agents
The Challenges of Setting up the Evaluation of Extension Systems by Using a Systems Approach: The Case of Greece, Italy and Slovenia
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Lioutas, Evagelos D.; Charatsari, Chrysanthi; Cernic Istenic, Majda; La Rocca, Giuseppe; De Rosa, Marcello – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2019
Purpose: Considering current debates on ecosystem services' effectiveness and the AIS/AKIS functioning, in this study we suggest a new, systemic way to evaluate extension systems (ESs). Using this model, we compared the effectiveness of ESs in three countries with essential differences but also characteristic similarities in their agricultural…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Rural Extension, Foreign Countries, Agricultural Occupations