1st Edition
Agricultural Extension Worldwide Issues, Practices and Emerging Priorities
Acknowledgements Introduction I. Issues 1. The Private Sector: Its extension Systems and Public/Private Coordination William L. Rodgers 2. Administrative Decentralization of Agricultural and Rural Development Programs in Asia: A Comparative Analysis Dennis A. Rondinelli 3. The Policy Environment Necessary to Make Extension Effective G. Edward Schuh 4. An Overview of Agricultural Extension and Its Linkages with Agricultural Research: The World Bank Experience Donald C. Pickering 5. Successful Agricultural Extension: Its Dependence upon other Aspects of Agricultural Development: The Case of Public Sector Extension in North- east Africa Nigel Roberts 6. Making Extension Effective: The Role of Extension/Research Linkages J. Kenneth McDermott II. Practices 7. The Different Systems of Agricultural Extension Education with Special Attention to Asia and Africa George H. Axinn 8. The IARCs and their Impact on National Research and Extension Programs Robert E. Evenson 9. Training and Visit Extension: Back to Basics Daniel Benor 10. Making Extension Effective in Kenya: The District Focus for Rural Development Christopher A. Onyango 11. The Israeli Experience in Agricultural Extension and its Application to Developing Countries Abraham Blum III: Emerging Priorities 12. Designing Agricultural Extension for Women Farmers in Developing Countries Celia Jean Weidemann 13. Incentives for Effective Agricultural Extension at the Farmer /Agency Interface Jon R. Moris 14. India’s Agricultural Extension Development and the Move toward Top-level Management Training William M. Rivera 15. Agricultural Manpower Development in Africa Wajih D. Maalouf 16. Emerging Priorities for Developing Countries in Agricultural Extension Michael Baxter Epilogue Index
Biography
William M. Rivera and Susan G. Schram
