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Manevska-Tasevska, Gordana – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2013
Purpose: This study sought to explore how farmers' knowledge attributes influence the technical efficiency of their farms. In addition, farm efficiency was compared to the actual Macedonian Rural Development Programme (RDP) (2007-2013) and instruments considered to improve Macedonian education potential were evaluated. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Evidence, Program Effectiveness, Agricultural Production, Developing Nations
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Faure, Guy; Desjeux, Yann; Gasselin, Pierre – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: Agricultural advisory services are perceived by many actors involved in rural development as a key driver behind innovation processes in agriculture. However, changes in national and global contexts cause dramatic changes in the orientation of advisory services, their organisation and their methods of intervention. This article aims to…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Institutional Environment, Rural Development, Rural Extension
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Farrell, Maura; McDonagh, John – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: The article explores the significance of "evaluation" in the delivery of multifunctional extension advisory programmes and argues the necessity of integrating evaluation into programme planning, to ensure that programme guidelines are adhered to and extension advisory programmes generate their desired impact. The article focuses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fidelity, Evaluation Research, Agricultural Occupations
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Indira, A. – Journal of Applied Quantitative Methods, 2008
An Evaluation of the "Impact Assessment of the Training Programs" of a National Level Training Institution in India was conducted using the Kirkpatrick Method (KP Method). The studied Institution takes up research, provides training, offers consultancy and initiates action in the rural sector of India. The evaluation study used a…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Institutes (Training Programs), Rural Development, Evaluation Methods
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Diaz-Puente, Jose M.; Yague, Jose L.; Afonso, Ana – Evaluation Review, 2008
The development of European Community administrative authority has greatly influenced the development of an evaluation culture among the southern and central member states of the European Union. The present case study from Spain provides an example of this diffusion through the use of an empowerment evaluation approach to build evaluation capacity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Rural Development, Program Evaluation
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Olujide, M. G. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2005
Non-Governmental organizations (NGOs) promote alternative development strategies to those provided by the government. The economic recession being witnessed in developing countries like Nigeria and the poor performance of many government development programmes have made NGOs more relevant than ever. NGOs play an increasingly important role in…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Nongovernmental Organizations, Foreign Countries