An alternative institutional path for getting "extension" to farmers
Khan, A.
An alternative institutional path for getting "extension" to farmers - 1987 - Printed
The paper considers the possibility of using local councillors (LCs), popularly elected government representatives in rural villages, to carry out some of the functions associated with the formal agricultural extension system. The results of a pilot survey of 100 farmers in two Union Council areas in BannuDistrict, Pakistan Northwest Frontier, are examined. LCs in the area studied areperforming extension-type functions but their effectiveness is limited because they have little knowledge of recent research and practices; they tend not to have formal contact with extension; and they have no formal training in extension techniques. Given the
English
Extension activities
Information flow
Innovation adoption
Technology transfer
Training programmes
An alternative institutional path for getting "extension" to farmers - 1987 - Printed
The paper considers the possibility of using local councillors (LCs), popularly elected government representatives in rural villages, to carry out some of the functions associated with the formal agricultural extension system. The results of a pilot survey of 100 farmers in two Union Council areas in BannuDistrict, Pakistan Northwest Frontier, are examined. LCs in the area studied areperforming extension-type functions but their effectiveness is limited because they have little knowledge of recent research and practices; they tend not to have formal contact with extension; and they have no formal training in extension techniques. Given the
English
Extension activities
Information flow
Innovation adoption
Technology transfer
Training programmes