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Direct linkCharlotte Lybaert; Lies Debruyne; Eva Kyndt; Fleur Marchand – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2024
Purpose: This article describes the development and validation of a survey designed to measure the vision of European agricultural advisors towards innovation. Design/Methodology/Approach: The items of the instrument were developed based on the conceptual framework provided by the position paper for the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agriculture, Test Validity, Test Construction
Angella Namyenya; Patience B. Rwamigisa; Regina Birner – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2024
Purpose: To assess the potential of a paper diary for strengthening accountability in public agricultural extension services. Therefore a paper diary called 'Diary for Agricultural Extension Officers' was developed and tested in Uganda. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative case study research approach was applied for the development and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Extension Agents, Rural Extension, Extension Education
Conor Hammersley; Noel Richardson; David Meredith; John McNamara; Paula Carroll; Paul Jenkins – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2025
Purpose: Farmers face particular challenges with their mental health and wellbeing programmes are necessary resources of support. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the 'On Feirm Ground' farmer mental health training programme targeted at farm advisors in Ireland. Methodology: Between October 2021 and April 2022, 'On Feirm Ground' Trainers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Occupations, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs
Rico Amoussohoui; Aminou Arouna; Miroslava Bavorova; Vladimir Verner; Wilfried Yergo; Jan Banout – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2024
Purpose: The study evaluates new approach of digital extension services for the long-term adoption of digital extension technologies. We propose an indirect adoption approach to address following research questions. What socioeconomic factors influence rice farmers' decision to prefer one business profile over another? Which business profile is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socioeconomic Influences, Agricultural Occupations, Predictor Variables
Eleni Pappa; Alex Koutsouris – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2025
Purpose: Given the absence of (structured) advisory services in Greece and the CAP requirements, we aim at exploring which would be the characteristics of agronomists whom farmers might trust as advisors. Design/Methodology/Approach: The field research addressed professional farmers who are in contact with agronomist(s)-as-advisors. Based on an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agronomy, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Skills
Mohammadrezaei, Mohammad; Meredith, David; McNamara, John – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2023
Purpose: Applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), this paper distinguishes between three groups, advisors, leading farmers and other farmers, and evaluates the extent that these influence farm advisors' intensions to engage with Farmer Health and Safety (FHS) extension activities. Methodology: A cross-sectional survey was undertaken with…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Education, Extension Education, Occupational Safety and Health
Tarekegne, Chalachew; Wesselink, Renate; Biemans, Harm J. A.; Mulder, Martin – International Journal of Training and Development, 2022
Competence-based education and training (CBE/T) has been implemented in Ethiopia to develop the competences of (future) professionals and to improve their performance. However, empirical evidence that demonstrates the effectiveness of CBE/T is scarce. Positioning the study within the theory of strategic alignment and comprehensive competence-based…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Agricultural Education, Rural Extension, Extension Agents
Lamm, Kevan W.; Lamm, Alexa J.; Davis, Kristin; Sanders, Catherine E.; Powell, Alyssa – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2023
Purpose: The purpose was to analyze perceptions of knowledge management capacity in extension networks using an exploratory factor analysis approach. Design/methodology/approach: The knowledge management content domain was analyzed for content validity, response process validity, internal structure validity, and consequential validity. A pilot…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Extension Education, Factor Analysis, Test Construction
Download full textRandy Emmanuel Kommey; Madeline C. Fombad – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2024
This article investigates technologies used for knowledge sharing among rice farmers in the Eastern Region of Ghana and suggests ways by which the use of technologies may be enhance rice farming. The research was underpinned by the pragmatic paradigm where a concurrent triangulation mixed method design was adopted. The data was drawn from 101…
Descriptors: Sharing Behavior, Agricultural Occupations, Foreign Countries, Extension Agents
Namyenya, Angella; Zeller, Manfred; Rwamigisa, Patience B.; Birner, Regina – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2022
Purpose: To assess the performance of agricultural extension managers and the factors influencing it in the case study of Uganda. Design/methodology/approach: Secondary data was analysed using descriptive statistics and econometric models. Findings: The amount of extension grant received and the education of the extension manager positively…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Education, Rural Extension, Extension Agents
Hammersley, Conor; Richardson, Noel; Meredith, David; Carroll, Paula; McNamara, John G. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2023
Purpose: Farmers experience poor health outcomes and are considered 'hard to reach'. Agricultural advisors ('advisors') are uniquely positioned to support and signpost farmers on health issues. This paper explores the acceptability and terms of reference of a potential health role for advisors, and offers key recommendations for developing a…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Agricultural Occupations, Well Being, Extension Agents
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
Mrnuštík Konecná, Marta; Sutherland, Lee-Ann – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2022
Purpose: To assess how the primary actors within farmers' microAKIS (self-assembled knowledge networks) changed as a technology evolved, utilising a case study of precision farming. Methodology: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 35 farmers in two Czech Regions. Findings: The evolution of digital technologies led to an ongoing,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Production, Innovation
Nikam, Vinayak; Ashok, Arathy; Kale, Rajiv B. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2023
Purpose: This paper deals with the system level empirical analysis of Extension and Advisory Service (EAS) characteristics in India which help in identifying the functional nature of a pluralistic extension system. Design/Methodology/Approach: The study uses the 'Best Fit' framework for analysis of EAS of 36 organisations and applies criteria of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Education, Extension Agents, Rural Extension
Kamara, Lamin Ibrahim; Van Hulst, Freddy; Dorward, Peter – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2021
Purpose: This paper seeks to understand what influences research and extension professionals' intentions to use AIS approaches and to explore how this can inform implementation and design of more effective AIS. Methodology: We applied the Reasoned Action Approach through focus groups and structured questionnaires with research and extension…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Beliefs, Extension Agents, Researchers
