Improving Agricultural Extension : A Reference Manual
Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. Overview of extension in agricultural and rural development: 1. The history, development, and future of agricultural extension/Gwyn E. Jones and Chris Garforth. 2. Alternative approaches to organizing extension/Uwe Jens Nagel. 3. The context of extension in agricultural and rural development/Warren Peterson. 4. The economic contributions of agricultural extension to agricultural and rural development/Robert Evenson. II. Improving extension programmes and process: 5. Assessing target group needs/N.L. McCaslin and Jovan P. Tibezinda. 6. Using rapid or participatory rural appraisal/Jules N. Pretty and Simplice D. Volouhe. 7. Developing and delivering extension programmes/Artur Cristovao, Timothy Koehnen, and Jose Portela. 8. Selecting appropriate content and methods in programme delivery/Dunstan A. Campbell and St. Clair Barker. 9. Improving women farmer' access to extension services/Janice Jiggins, R.K. Samanta and Janice E. Olawoye. 10. Implementing strategic extension campaigns/Ronny Adhikarya. 11. Evaluating extension programmes/David Deshler. III. Improving extension management: 12. Formulating extension policy/Tito E. Contado. 13. Improving the organization and management of extension/M.W. Waldron, J. Vsanthakumar and S. Arulraj. 14. Managing human resources within extension/K. Vijayaragavan and Y.P. Singh. 15. Training and professional development/Abdul Halim and Md. Mozahar Ali. 16. Acquiring and managing financial resources/Robert P. Bentz. 17. Monitoring extension programmes and resources/D.C. Misra. 18. Establishing a management information system/A. Ramesh Babu, Y.P. Singh, and R.K. Sachdeva. 19. Strengthening research-extension-farmer linkages/Burton E. Swanson. IV. Current trends and development: 20. Extension's role in sustainable agricultural development/Niels Roling and Jules N. Pretty. 21. Establishing and strengthening farmer organizations/Shankariah Chamala and P.M. Shingi. 22. Privatizing agricultural extension/William M. Rivera and John W. Cary. 23. The role of Nongovernmental Organizations in extension/John Farrington.
"This book on improving agricultural extension: a reference manual offers a critical review and inventory analysis of the "State of the Art" in agricultural extension theory and best practices written by internationally known agricultural extension practitioners, educators and scholars. A total of 38 authors from 15 countries contributed to the 23 chapters of this book and thus they provided broad international perspectives, covering both theory and practice, as well as micro and macro issues related to agricultural extension. It is the third edition of a classic reference manual on agricultural extension published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Aimed at agricultural extension planners, managers, trainers, educators, and field practitioners, this book could be useful in improving the quality of agricultural extension and in generating new ideas and methods for increasing further the cost-effectiveness of agricultural extension programmes. It provides many sound and practical suggestions for developing and improving the conceptual, technical, and operational methods and tools in order to strategically plan, efficiently manage, and scientifically evaluate a problem-solving, demand-driven and needs-based agricultural extension programmes."
