Virtual Book Launch

Agricultural Extension: Global Status and Performance in Selected Countries

SEPT 10, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT

This book provides a global overview of agricultural extension and advisory services, assesses and compares extension systems at the national and regional levels, examines the performance of extension approaches in a selected set of country cases, and shares lessons and policy insights.

Drawing on both primary and secondary data, the book contributes to the literature on extension by applying a common and comprehensive framework — the “best-fit” approach — to assessments of extension systems, which allows for comparison across cases and geographies. Insights from the research support reforms — in governance, capacity, management, and advisory methods — to improve outcomes, enhance financial sustainability, and achieve greater scale.

Hear from the book’s editors on how this book can be applied as a valuable resource for policymakers, extension practitioners, and others concerned with agricultural development.

Welcome and Introduction:

Frank Place, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

Overview:

Kristin Davis, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Remarks:

Margaret Najjingo Mangheni, Professor, Makerere University

Hur Ben Corrêa da Silva, State Coordinator, Personnel and Career Development, Paraná, Brazil

Conclusions and Recommendations:

Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow & Head of Capacity Strengthening, IFPRI

Moderator:

Catherine Ragasa, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

LINKS:

Book: https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293755

Websites:

CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM): http://pim.cgiar.org/

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-agricultural-extension-global-status-and-performance-selected-countries

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