scholarly journals What’s the Story on Agriculture? Using Narratives to Understand Farming Households’ Aspirations in Meru, Kenya

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke Dilley ◽  
Kai Mausch ◽  
Mary Crossland ◽  
Dave Harris
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Extension Agents ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Multimethod Research ◽  
Development Initiatives ◽  
Farming Households ◽  
State Extension

AbstractIn the limited research on farming aspirations, little attention has been paid to the narratives which frame and shape them, and the ways in which the aspirations of those who farm intersect with the goals of extension services. Drawing on multimethod research conducted in Meru County, Kenya, we demonstrate how aspirations are not only situated within a consideration of personal circumstances, but are shaped in crucial ways by networks of relations and by the perceived possibilities afforded by material and cultural resources. We further highlight the accounts of state extension agents that link a lack of engagement with the desires and needs of those who farm to the failure of agricultural development initiatives. We argue that an engagement with aspirations opens up a route to understanding the obstacles and potentialities that matter to those who farm and, as such, might enable more responsive development initiatives centred on the perceptions and desires of those who farm.

scholarly journals Agricultural Credit and Extension Services: Does Their Synergy Augment Farmers’ Economic Outcomes?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3758
Author(s):  
Masaood Moahid ◽  
Ghulam Dastgir Khan ◽  
Yuichiro Yoshida ◽  
Niraj Prakash Joshi ◽  
Keshav Lall Maharjan
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Economic Outcomes ◽  
Agricultural Credit ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Net Revenue ◽  
Inverse Probability Weighted ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Farming Households

Access to credit is essential for sustainable agricultural development. This paper evaluates the impact of formal and informal agricultural credit, access to extension services, and different combinations of agricultural credit and extension services on the economic outcomes of farming households in Afghanistan. This study applies a quasi-experimental approach (propensity score matching) and inverse-probability-weighted regression adjustment (IPWRA) analysis. The data comes from a survey of 277 randomly selected farming households in the three districts of rural Afghanistan. The results show that having access to formal agricultural credit has a positive and differentiated impact on the farming costs and net revenue of farming households. However, the effects increase when a farming household has access to both formal credit and extension services. The results also reveal that credit constraints affect farming costs and net revenue. The study provides some practical implications for agricultural development policymakers. First, formal agricultural credit affects farm revenue in rural Afghanistan. Second, the impact of credit bundled with agricultural extension services on farm revenue is higher than the impact of the provision of each service separately. Therefore, a more sustainable agricultural credit arrangement should be supplemented by extension services for farmers in Afghanistan.

scholarly journals Agricultural Revitalization Through Extension Knowledge to the Community Regarding the Socio-Economy of Agriculture

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-14
Author(s):  
Mbemba Garenba
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Agricultural Technology ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Extension Agents ◽  
Agricultural Research Institute ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Reciprocal Process

This article discusses the revitalization of agriculture through the knowledge of the extension agents to the community about the socioeconomic of agriculture. The interesting thing is that the potential of each region to develop agribusiness is very different. Therefore, to develop extension services that support the development of agribusiness, it is necessary to examine carefully the potential of each region. So that the diversity of extension materials must be made possible by innovation. Agricultural extension is expected to be the central point of agricultural development. However, in agricultural extension it must be remembered that extension is a form of intervention against farmers. Progressive and effective agricultural extension workers must be supported and collaborate closely with the Agricultural Research Institute including socio-economic research on agricultural extension which simultaneously conducts monitoring and evaluation of agricultural extension continuously. In disseminating information, the extension worker must carry out a reciprocal process, namely conveying information in the form of researchers' findings to farmers. Sustainable agricultural development really requires the support of strong agricultural technology and socio-economic research results. Without this, agricultural development will stagnate. Therefore, people's participation in planting knowledge needs to be increased.

scholarly journals Social inclusion of landless farmers in extension services in delta state, Nigeria: implications for agricultural development

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 226-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Ukaro Ofuoku ◽  
Oluwaseun Ijeoma Ekorhi-Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Household Size ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Extension Agents ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Socially Excluded

Abstract This study considered the level of inclusion of landless farmers in extension services in Delta State, Nigeria. A sample size of 355 landless farmers who were randomly selected formed the respondents used for this study. The results show that they had a mean age of 45 years and were mostly females who were also mostly married with little level of formal education as their highest level of formal education was secondary education. They had a mean household size of 7 persons and average farming experience of 11.5 years with mean farm size of 2 ha and very many of them did not subscribe to farmer’s groups. They were mostly (70.70%) indigenes of the communities where they resided. Their level of social inclusion in agricultural extension benefits was poor (inclusion index = 0.45). They had an average crop output of 9000kg annually. Their level of social inclusion in agricultural extension services influenced their level of outputs. Their level of social inclusion was significantly influenced by their socioeconomic attributes of age, gender, marital status, and level of formal education, household size, farming experiences, group membership and indigene status. It was concluded that the landless farmers were socially excluded from agricultural extension services. It is recommended that extension agents should change their attitudes towards this class of farmers; and extension agents should persuasively convince the farmers to subscribe to membership of their relevant farmers’ groups

scholarly journals Public-private cooperation and agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of Nigerian growth enhancement scheme and e-voucher program

Food Security ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Olatunbosun Benjamin ◽  
Oreoluwa Ola ◽  
Hannes Lang ◽  
Gertrud Buchenrieder
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Growth Enhancement ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Voucher Program ◽  
Economy Of Scale ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe Growth Enhancement Scheme and e-voucher program, rolled out across Nigeria in 2011 by the federal government, provided the institutional basis for private agro-dealers to engage in the distribution of subsidized fertilizer, improved seeds and extension services to farmers. However, the impact of this policy on different modes of extension service delivery is still missing in literature. We apply an Ordinary Least Squared and Difference-in-Difference methodology on the (2010 and 2012) Living Standard Measurement Study of the World Bank. The results suggest that extension visitations as well as public extension services positively influence farm revenue. Furthermore, a substantial increase in fertilizer expenditure by farmers was observed, due to the e-voucher program, which could have contributed to the improved agricultural output witnessed in Nigeria post-Growth Enhancement Scheme era. Governments across Sub-Saharan Africa should implement policies that harness the economy of scale and scope of the private sector as well as information and communication technologies in delivering on time and adequate agricultural inputs to farmers.

scholarly journals An Evaluation of Cost of Production Information Usage by County Agents

1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
DeeVon Bailey ◽  
Douglas W. Eck ◽  
Terrence F. Glover
Keyword(s):  
Count Data ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Poisson Regression Analysis ◽  
Information Usage ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
County Agents ◽  
Cost Of Production ◽  
State Extension

AbstractCounty agents receive cost of production information primarily from state extension services and then disseminate it to agricultural producers. A survey gathered data on agent usage of this information. A Poisson regression analysis using count data was performed to determine the factors influencing the number of times county agents directly referred to published cost of production (enterprise budget) information in a year. The agent's understanding of budget information use in management decisions, the availability of budgets, and his/her receiving the budgets in multiple forms (e.g., sheets, booklets, or software) had significant positive impacts on the use of budgets by the agent.

Information Acquisition and Conservation Farming Practices for Sustainable Agriculture in Rural Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-48
Author(s):  
Quynh Anh Le Thi ◽  
◽  
Yasuharu Shimamura ◽  
Hiroyuki Yamada ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Household Wealth ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Agricultural Practice ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Farming Households

Soil fertility conservation has become an increasing concern in Vietnamese agriculture owing to excessive use of agrochemicals. The use of organic fertilizers is considered an environment-friendly practice for sustainable agriculture. Although environmental awareness has emerged and production technologies of organic fertilizers have been introduced in recent years, their adoption remains limited among farming households. This study focuses on the causal effects of information acquisition on the use of organic fertilizers from agricultural extension services and from peers of farming households. The estimation results show that land size, land tenure, educational level, family labor endowment, and household wealth are significantly associated with the likelihood of using organic fertilizers. Information acquisition through both information sources positively affects the use of organic fertilizers. However, information acquisition from agricultural extension services has a greater marginal impact than that from peers. Despite its lower influence, information acquisition from peers plays a supplemental role in incentivizing farming households to use organic fertilizers as an environmentfriendly agricultural practice among rural communities in Vietnam.

Application of Information Communication Technologies for Agricultural Development through Extension Services

2017 ◽  
pp. 52-101
Author(s):  
L. K. Mabe ◽  
O. I. Oladele
Keyword(s):  
Information Management ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Ict Tools

This chapter outlines the role that Information Communication Technologies (ICT) play in the global context and in Africa, agricultural extension and Agricultural development. The role of and use of ICT by extension officers, the trends of ICT in agricultural information management, how ICT bridge the digital divide as well as the types of ICT tools used by extension officers such as radio, television, computers and internet. It also gives the perspective about the factors that influences use of ICT by extension officers which are seen as playing an important role human development.

Communicating Farm Technologies through Traditional and New Media Channels

2010 ◽  
pp. 244-258
Author(s):  
Dr. D. Puthira Prathap
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Extension Agents ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Media Channels

This chapter begins by looking at the importance of knowledge and information in agricultural development. Then the chapter discusses how the traditional mass media channels, viz., radio, print and television had been instrumental in India’s agricultural technology transfer. Next, it explores the characteristics of new media, the problems associated with the advent of Internet and how self-help groups and ICTs could be effectively used in technology transfer. The focus narrows to a comparative study on the effectiveness of traditional and new media in communicating farm technologies. Finally, the chapter examines how the extension agents, based on the results could formulate communication strategies for effectively using the mass media channels.

scholarly journals Financing Agriculture in Nigeria through Agricultural Extension Services of Agricultural Development Programmes (ADPs)

F1000Research ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 1833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Inegbedion ◽  
Eseosa Obadiaru ◽  
Barnabas Obasaju ◽  
Abiola Asaleye ◽  
Adedoyin Lawal
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Crop Development ◽  
Research Findings

The ADPs were designed in response to a fall in agricultural productivity and hence a concern to sustain domestic food supplies. The study examined “Financing Agriculture in Nigeria through Agricultural Extension Services of Agricultural Development Programmes.” It sought to ascertain the extent to which agricultural extension services of the agricultural development programmes have impacted the financing of agriculture in six selected local government areas in Edo South senatorial district, Nigeria using a sample of 120 respondents. Stratified random sampling was used to select the respondents. Interview schedule served as the research instrument. The research data were analyzed using t-test and Pearson correlation, which served as the inferential statistics. The research findings showed that the extension services of ADP have impacted significantly on crop development in the selected communities but have not had significant impact on employment creation and the development of infrastructural facilities. The study also revealed that there was no significant difference between the implementation of the projects in the selected communities, as revealed by the correlation test. On the basis of the research findings, the need for a complete redesign of the project to ensure that it achieves its stated goals as well as ensure proper monitoring of its implementation were suggested, among others.

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