scholarly journals Decentralized Agricultural Extension and Social Networks: The Potential for Agricultural Information and Technology Dissemination in Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
A. M. B. N. Abeysinghe
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Technology Dissemination ◽  
Information And Technology

Social networks and self-competency ratings among adolescents in Sri Lanka

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda P. Borja ◽  
John Hitchcock ◽  
Bonnie K. Nastasi
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Sri Lanka

Public-Private Partnership in Agricultural Extension: A Strategy for Increasing Farmers’ Income

2020 ◽  
pp. 477-481
Keyword(s):  
Technology Development ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Private Funding ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Technology Dissemination ◽  
The Government ◽  
Private Management

Public-Private Partnership (PPP) involves a contract between public and private sector entities wherein the private entity provides a public service or project and assumes the substantial financial, technical and operational risk in the project with specified roles and responsibilities. The PPP approach supplements scarce public resources created a more competitive environment and helped to improve efficiencies and reduce costs. Public-private partnerships have seen a large increase over the years in part because local and state governments rely heavily on the growing number of non-profits to provide many public services that they cannot. At this time, Public-Private Partnership in agricultural extension is required in India to overcome the wide extension worker: farmer ratio in India, to reduce the financial burden on the government, to confine the role of village-level extension worker and for commercialization of agriculture. Review of various studies indicated the different types of models for PPP, which are public funded and private management, both sharing funding with private management, Public Facilitation and Private Funding, Sharing of funding and utilization of facility/information created by both, Public Infrastructure-Private Resources and Management, Public Facilitation- Private Funding and Private Management, Partnership Sans Financial Involvement. Studies also explored the potential areas for Public-Private Partnerships such as technology dissemination, Sale of Inputs, Processing and Marketing of Agri products, Infrastructure support for production, processing and marketing and Participatory Technology Development and Dissemination (PTDD). Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) is the best example of the site for the successful Public-Private Partnership in agriculture extension. The concept of Public-Private Partnership should be implicated in the potential areas which will prove helpful in reducing the burden on government financial resources as well as creating more opportunities and increase their income resulting in raising their living standards.

scholarly journals The impact of social capital on the market access of coffee farmer house holds in Lam Dong province

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. First
Author(s):  
Duong The Duy ◽  
Nguyen Thai Dung
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Informal Social Networks ◽  
Coffee Farmers ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of social capital and other factors that affect the market access of coffee farmer households. The study synthesized theories, as well as previous studies, to provide criteria for measuring social capital of coffee farmers' households: including formal social networks, informal social networks, and trust. Besides, the study uses descriptive statistics, logistic regression, two t-average tests to analyze and assess the difference in social capital between poor and non-poor households of 235 coffee farmer households in Lam Dong Province. The results show that Agricultural Extension Associations, Association Organizations (proxy for official social networks), Agents at all levels, Colleagues - Friends (informal social networks), age, years of living in the locality, and labor have an impact on the market access of coffee farmer households. Some recommendations to improve market access of coffee farmers in the province have been proposed, based on the previous theories as well as the results of the research model The research, however, is yet to clarify the impact of social capital on each market of finance, land, labor, extension services, material, and output markets.

scholarly journals Subtle social stressors of civil wars: Transformation of social networks and psychological distress in Sri Lanka

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-18
Author(s):  
Matthias Fatke ◽  
Markus Freitag
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Civil Wars ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Social Stressors ◽  
Social Interventions ◽  
Original Survey ◽  
Transformation Processes

Civil wars entail many harmful consequences for the population beyond physical injuries and casualties. Although recent research has pointed out the importance of psychological distress, it must not be overlooked that not only immediate experiences from civil wars can cause such distress, but also the processes transforming social networks. In this article, the authors argue that wartime transformation is enduring even after the civil war has ended. It is precisely these social processes that are responsible for the psychological footprint on civilians. This claim is tested using original survey data collected in Sri Lanka, which has witnessed a devastating civil war. Results of the regression analysis indicate that social transformation processes are distinctly associated with increased war-related distress. Moreover, social transformation processes partly mediate the relationship between direct exposure to war and distress. These findings have important implications for our understanding of social interventions in the aftermath of civil wars.

scholarly journals Beyond Diffusion of Improved Technologies to Promoting Innovation Creation and Information Sharing for Increased Agricultural Productivity: A Case Study of Malawi and Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-92
Author(s):  
Fallys Masambuka-Kanchewa ◽  
Kevan Lamm ◽  
Alexa Lamm
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovations ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Productivity ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Service Delivery Systems ◽  
Technology Dissemination ◽  
Sub Saharan

For several decades, various sub-Saharan Africa governments have been proactive in revamping their agricultural extension service delivery systems through establishment and revisions of their agricultural extension policies. Despite the existence and implementation of these policies, productivity in small holder farms in these countries is still low several years later. The need to enhance agricultural production is still cited as a challenge, with low adoption of improved technologies being found as the major contributing factor. This study used a qualitative approach to examine farmers’ perceptions regarding the role of extension agents in the diffusion of innovations and its implications on sustainable agricultural development in Malawi and Kenya. Increased focus on using agricultural extension as an improved technology dissemination tool was found to be one of the factors contributing to low agricultural productivity. This among others was as result of failure by extension to tap valuable information, useful knowledge, skills and resources which was found to be available among farmers in both countries. The findings imply farmers no longer value their local knowledge and are uncomfortable sharing it amongst themselves. However, addressing the challenge of low agricultural productivity (heavily impacted by climate change) in these countries requires a shift in approach when delivering agricultural extension services. These changes include the use of interactive Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to solicit feedback and input from farmers and to enhance the two-way communication process. Keywords: diffusion of innovations; extension education; improved technologies; policy

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