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| Title | Review of agricultural extension in India |
| Subtitle | Are farmers' information needs being met? |
| Author |
Glendenning, Claire J. Babu, Suresh Chandra Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo |
| ORCID | http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8706-2516 Babu, S.; |
| Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | Despite a wide range of reform initiatives in agricultural extension in India in the past decades, the coverage of, access to, and quality of information provided to marginalized and poor farmers is uneven. This paper aims to ascertain why farmers are not accessing information and where information gaps exist, despite the variety of extension approaches in India. Using information provision and access as the basis for analysis, the paper reviews some of the major agricultural extension programs in India by considering their ability to provide information and facilitate information sharing and use in farming communities. The review gives a broad overview of the current extension scene in India while providing a synthesis of recent debates and the observations of various authors as well as working groups in the Ministry of Agriculture and the Planning Commission. The paper examines the challenges and constraints of each agricultural extension approach as it attempts to provide farmers with access to information that is relevant to their farm enterprises. As a result of this analysis, opportunities are identified for increasing extension services' effectiveness and efficiency in reaching smallholder farmers. Research gaps are also identified. The review concludes that there is an increasing need to work in partnership and to share knowledge and skills in order to provide locally relevant services that meet the information needs of marginal and smallholder farmers in India. |
| Series Name | IFPRI Discussion Paper |
| Series Number | 1048 |
| Publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
| Place of publication | Washington, D.C. |
| Language | English |
| Record Type | Discussion paper |
| Peer Reviewed - PR or Non-PR | Non-PR |
| Subject - country location |
INDIA SOUTH ASIA ASIA |
| Subject - keywords |
agricultural extension Knowledge information Innovation Public-private partnerships Gender Education |
| IFPRI Descriptors |
IFPRI1 GRP31 |
| IFPRI Division | ESARO |
| Display Notes | Effective January 2007, the Discussion Paper series within each division and the Director General�s Office of IFPRI were merged into one IFPRI�wide Discussion Paper series. The new series begins with number 00689, reflecting the prior publication of 688 discussion papers within the dispersed series. The earlier series are available on IFPRI�s website at http://www.ifpri.org/publications/results/taxonomy%3A468. IFPRI Discussion Papers contain preliminary material and research results. They have not been subject to formal external reviews managed by IFPRI�s Publications Review Committee but have been reviewed by at least one internal and/or external reviewer. They are circulated in order to stimulate discussion and critical comment. |
| LOC call number | IFPRIDP01048 |
| Physical description | 35 pages |
| IFPRI Web link | http://www.ifpri.org/publication/review-agricultural-extension-india |
| RePEc Downloads | https://ideas.repec.org/p/fpr/ifprid/1048.html |
| Requests | mailto:ifpri-library@cgiar.org |
| CONTENTdm file name | 7281.cpd |
| Date cataloged | 2017-06-06 |
| Date modified | 2017-06-06 |
| OCLC number | 778452113 |
| CONTENTdm number | 7280 |
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| Title | ifpridp01048 1 |
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| CONTENTdm file name | 7233.pdfpage |
| Date cataloged | 2011-06-16 |
| Date modified | 2011-06-16 |
| CONTENTdm number | 7232 |
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