scholarly journals Digitization of agricultural extension system for effective management of emergency in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluwatoyin Olagunju ◽  
Oluwaseun Adetarami ◽  
Gbenga Festus Koledoye ◽  
Adewumi Temidire Olumoyegun ◽  
Isah Shehu Nabara
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Interactive Voice Response ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Voice Response

This paper presents challenges facing agricultural extension system in Nigeria most especially, during crises and emergencies, which necessitate the adoption of digitizing extension systems as a basis for improving farmers’ access to extension services during emergencies. The emergence of ICTs has given rise to digitization, which is the delivery of agricultural advice via audiovisual messages (video), interactive voice response (IVR) and short message services (SMS) among others. Efforts should be made by the stakeholders in agricultural extension to digitize the country's extension system by capitalizing on the existing enthusiasm among extension practitioners, and farmers using lessons of best practices from elsewhere.

Adaptation of an Agricultural Extension Service to Changing Conditions : The Case of Israel

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham Blum ◽  
Robert. H. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Critical Problem ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Know How ◽  
Agricultural Extension Service ◽  
Informal Knowledge ◽  
Extension System ◽  
New Immigrants

The first agricultural extension services were created, when previous attempts to spread know-how were no longer appropriate. One of the major criteria to evaluate existing extension systems is to analyze, how they adapted their services to different client groups and to changed agro-technical, economical and social circumstances. The paper analyzes what major changes were needed in the Israeli extension system, and how the extension service adapted its work to these changes. The major challenges were: how to work with new immigrants and growers in different settlement types, how to up-grade advisers’ formal and informal knowledge level. The most critical problem came with serious cuts and governmental demand to privatize the agricultural extension service.

Agricultural Extension System in Bihar, India: An Overview

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
UJJWAL KUMAR ◽  
R K P SINGH ◽  
DHIRAJ K SINGH ◽  
ABHAY KUMAR ◽  
SANJEEV KUMAR
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Agricultural Technology ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Extension System

Agricultural extension system plays a crucial role in increasing agricultural productivity and farm income, strengthening food security, improving rural livelihoods, and promoting agriculture as an engine of rural economic growth. In India, a Central Department of Agriculture was established after the Orissa famine during 1866. Department of Agriculture in Bihar was established in 1912 after separation of Bihar from Bengal. After independence, several programmes like IADP, IAAP, HYVP etc were implemented in Bihar, which fetched good results. Later on, Training and Visit approach of extension was also implemented which was subsequently replaced by NATP. Currently, pluralistic extension services in Bihar is prevailing which includes central and state Government agencies, ICAR, KVKs, SAUs, NGOs and private sector organizations. Despite all the efforts, transfer of technology programmes are yet to achieve desired success. Duplication of extension services is being observed as many agencies work in same set of selected villages. Recently, using Agriculture Road Map of Bihar, Government has launched several agricultural development programmes for transfer of modern agricultural technology, which may likely to improve access of farmers to modern agricultural technology. To make extension more pragmatic, some of the activities including supply of quality inputs and market linkage of the produce should be the part of core extension programme.

scholarly journals MENGEMBANGKAN SISTEM PENYULUHAN PERTANIAN, PERIKANAN, DAN KEHUTANAN DALAM RANGKA IMPLEMENTASI UNDANG-UNDANG NOMOR 16 TAHUN 2006

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Sadono
Keyword(s):  
Local Authority ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
New Era ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Regional Authority ◽  
And Training

<em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The enactment of Law 16/2006 on System of Agricultural Extension, Fisheries and Forestry may be marked as the new era in agricultural extension development of Indonesia. It is realized so far, that there has been no significant progress to that issue since the extension service had been administratively shifted from the central government to regional authority. Lack of local authority commitment on funding the extension services has made agricultural extension activities remained undeveloped during the years. With Law 16/2006, extension services gained sufficient legal-basis to be undertaken and thus financed by regional authority. This article is part of study to see sub-systems of extension, i.e. extension policy, agricultural extension, research and inspection, special education/official duty, and training. These sub-systems build up an integrative extension system that determines the success of agricultural extension mission at large. This writing tries to elaborate how better functional interconnection among those sub-systems could help increase the effectiveness of agricultural extension activities in the field.</span></em>

scholarly journals Weak Institutional Interaction: Reason for Poor Agricultural Extension Services Delivery in Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-103
Author(s):  
Kamal Devkota ◽  
Dhanej Thapa ◽  
Hari Dhungana
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Intensification ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
Institutional Interaction ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Institutional Pluralism ◽  
The Past ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
Agriculture Extension

Institutional pluralism, privatisation and decentralisation of extension services are priority sectors of Nepal’s agricultural extension strategy. With the approach of public private partnership in agriculture, new actors like agro-vet, NGOs, private agro- farm, breeding centres, seed and fertilizer companies have grown considerably in the past decades. This has called a need to outline in detail how institutions communicate and co-operate with each other to forge an effective consolidation for achieving food security, livelihoods and other goals. This paper tries to see current process of agricultural institutional interaction and explore different hurdles in effectively reaching to farmers. With the review of literatures, policy documents and empirical evidences collected from local practitioners and observation of field settings from two districts of Nepal, this paper argues that the existing pattern of institutional interaction for the agricultural intensification is weak. The open political environment and incentive of selling seeds, pesticides and agriculture equipments has resulted into unprecedented rise of agrovets, equipment vendors and dealers—and with time they are becoming more and more influential, having very close links with the farmers. Agriculture extension system remains poorly coordinated among government organisations and NGOs and also has limited communicative links to groups and associations of farmers.

System Design and ICT Adoption in Agricultural Extension Services Delivery in Tanzania

2014 ◽  
pp. 282-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilius Aloyce Sanga ◽  
Siza D. Tumbo ◽  
Malongo R. S. Mlozi
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Soft Systems Methodology ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Major Purpose ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Soft Systems ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
Ict Adoption ◽  
Government Project

The major purpose of this chapter is to explore the options of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to complement conventional agricultural extension services in Tanzania. Group discussions and meetings were conducted to investigate the role of ICTs in extension services delivery using CATWOE framework of Soft Systems Methodology. The findings of the study reveal that the use of SSM helped the researchers to understand easily the problematic areas of the current situation of agricultural extension services. In addition, it was easy to plan feasible actions to be taken to improve the situation. The framework for the conceptual model towards improving the agricultural extension services in Kilosa District of Tanzania was developed. These results have been used in the development of an ICT-based system (Web- and Mobile-Based Farmers’ Advisory Information Systems) to supplement the conventional agricultural extension system. The roadmap developed as the implementation plan for this research can be used in any e-Government project. The need to improve the way agricultural extension is done in Tanzania through integration of relevant and affordable ICTs is well researched. This book chapter presents how this can be done using SSM approach in an action and participatory research. This is the first presentation of SSM intervention in agricultural informatics in Tanzania. The approach used in this study can be adopted by researchers doing any e-Government research.

scholarly journals Rancang Bangun Sistem Pengamanan Rumah Otomatis / Home Awareness : Aplikasi Pelaporan via SMS, Interactive-Voice-Response, dan We b - C a m e r a Terkendali

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
akuwan saleh
Keyword(s):  
Short Message Service ◽  
Interactive Voice Response ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Web Camera ◽  
Voice Response

Teknologi sistem pengamanan rumah secara otomatis atau Home-Awareness dapat diaplikasikan dengan menggunakan komunikasi Short Message Service (SMS), komunikasi melalui PSTN dalam bentuk Interactiv-Voice-Response (IVR), dan Internet. Pada paper ini, telah berhasil dibuat suatu aplikasi pelaporan dari alarm rumah melalui SMS dan IVR serta pengendalian web-camera pemantau rumah melalui internet.

scholarly journals Snapshot of public and private agricultural extension services in balochistan: an approaches for the discipline

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Ahmed A. Mengal ◽  
Fateh M. Baloch ◽  
Akhtar A. Siddique ◽  
Zia Ur Rehman
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Dual Groups

Present study was examined the perceived limiting factors within agriculture extension system in Balochistan, Pakistan. One hundred (100) Extension Field Staff (EFS) were selected by using simple random sampling technique for the present study form the public and private extension services. A research instrument based on 5-point Likert scale was used so as to acquire the information from the EFS. Nonparametric Statistics i.e. Mann and Whitney’s U Test (1947) as appropriate between dual groups was calculated so as to find out the relationships between variables that have significance differences at p.005. The results depicted that significant differences were found 4 out of 10 categories regarding the extension teaching methods therefore, null hypothesis 1 was rejected. Further, ten (10) statements observed to found statistical non-significant at all regarding sources of information. Hence, the HO2 was accepted in the favor of alternate hypothesis. Based on aforementioned outcomes following recommendations put-forward. Dissemination of improved and useful information’s to the farmers are the vivid encouragement tools and energizer trends about crop production dynamics in this regard, it is therefore suggested that, extension teaching methods (individuals and groups contact methods) such as demonstration plots, farm visits, home visits, uses audio-visual media, seminar, campaigns, workshops, trainings should be arranged at districts and province level so that activate the entire agricultural extension system. Active crop maximization approach should be implemented in preliminary stages in order to increases the income generations and livelihood options of the farmers.

Pain Assessment with Short Message Service and Interactive Voice Response in Outpatients with Cancer and Pain: A Feasibility Study

Pain Practice ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 320-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kees T. C. Besse ◽  
Nienke D. Faber-te Boveldt ◽  
Ge H. P. Janssen ◽  
Myrra Vernooij-Dassen ◽  
Kris C. P. Vissers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feasibility Study ◽  
Pain Assessment ◽  
Short Message Service ◽  
Interactive Voice Response ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Voice Response

scholarly journals Decentralization of Mexico’s Agricultural Extension Services and the Ongoing Struggle to Alleviate Rural Poverty

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
José M. Uscanga ◽  
M. Craig Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Current System ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Internal And External Factors

A tendency to decentralize national agricultural extension systems around the world caught many countries unprepared to respond effectively to the needs of its rural population under privatized approaches to extension delivery, especially in regard to poverty alleviation. Myriad internal and external factors led Mexico to dismantle its national agricultural extension system in the 1990s, and adopt a more privatized or contractor-driven approach. As a result, significant changes occurred in the way extension services were offered to the public after the system’s decentralization by Mexico’s federal government, although some similarities remained. After almost two decades of decentralization, the effectiveness of the current system has been questioned regarding its provision of services to marginalized groups who represent the most impoverished of Mexico’s citizens. This historical narrative aimed to understand the phenomenon by exploring the causes of decentralization, comparing extension service delivery before and after decentralization, including its outcome, privatization of extension services, and suggest directions for improvement in the future.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SYSTEM OF NIGERIA AND THE GAMBIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-71
Author(s):  
Lamin K M Fatty ◽  
Prof. Idu Ogbe Ode ◽  
Bejamin Gowon Ahule ◽  
Akuhwa Tor
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
The Gambia ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
Extension System ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Agricultural Business ◽  
And Function

This study focuses on the analysis of Nigeria and The Gambia National extension policies and system. The study discussed three main themes (mission and goals, approach and functions, and clienteles). The study found that both two countries does not adopt legislated or formal national extension policy rather implied policies which were garnered, feasible, for the two countries through their government publications and published researched studies from academic and recognized developmental institutions.  Generally, the analysis found that the two countries extension missions and goals focused on improving profitability of agricultural business and increasing output volumes; market share in achieving to enhancing quality of life and agricultural development. In terms of approaches and functions, the study observed that public sector extension in the two countries is undergoing transformation including decentralization and outsourcing extension services in the context of adopting a pluralistic system of extension delivery. While up to six models of extension are a commonly applied in the two countries, the dominant context is pluralism around public, private and NGO-based services. The dominant clientele was stated to be women and small- and medium-scale farmers. However, main barriers limiting women’s participation are still insufficiently addressed. The study concludes that it is important for the two countries authorities, perhaps supportively, to develop and establish formal extension policies that will manifest their vision, mission, goals and methods to provide a stable agenda within which targeted clientele and be purposively supported in the pursuit of sustainable agricultural development. Keywords: Extension, Extension Policy, Nigeria, The Gambia, Mission and Goals, Approach and Function, Clientele.

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