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Chowdhury, Ataharul Huq; Odame, Helen Hambly; Leeuwis, Cees – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2014
Purpose: The rapidly evolving nature of agricultural innovation processes in low-income countries requires agricultural extension agencies to transform the classical roles that previously supported linear information dissemination and adoption of innovation. In Bangladesh, strengthening agricultural innovation calls for facilitation of interactive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Agencies, Extension Agents, Rural Extension
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Awa, Njoku E.; Crowder, L. Van, Jr. – Journal of Extension, 1978
Sixty farmers were interviewed to identify their principal sources of agricultural information, their perceptions of Cooperative Extension credibility, and the socioeconomic characteristics affecting their relationship with Extension. Among the presented findings is that extension agents and commercial dealers were used as secondary information…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Demography, Farmers, Information Dissemination
Nitsch, Ulrich – 1980
The traditional method of conducting evaluation studies of agricultural extension programs is not sufficient when evaluating the impact on rural development, and must, therefore, be complemented by qualitative studies and careful evaluations of program objectives based on farmer needs. Traditional experimental evaluation studies do not register…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Aspiration, Attitudes, Educational Quality
Feder, Gershon; Murgai, Rinku; Quizon, Jaime B. – 2003
A study evaluated the impact of Farmer Field Schools in Indonesia, an intensive participatory training program emphasizing integrated pest management. Focus was on whether program participation improved yields and reduced pesticide use among graduates and neighbors who gained knowledge through informal communications. It used a modified…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Production, Agriculture, Behavior Change