This paper provides a review of the agricultural extension system in Jordan, with a focus on strengths and constraints, as well as options for how to improve efficiency in service delivery and efficacy in outcomes. While public extension in Jordan has gone through many reforms and phases over the past three decades, contemporary concerns related to regional conflict and blockages in access to traditional trade routes require a repositioning of extension and advisory services within the Kingdom.
Monitoring animal performance is a challenge due to lack of systematic recording in the smallholder dairy sector in Malawi. A mobile recording system using short messaging service (SMS) was therefore trialled for data capturing and subsequent feedback provision to farmers following analyses and interpretation. This study aimed at drawing lessons regarding use of SMS recording system among dairy farmers. Of the 210 participants, 85% were farmers and 25% were other dairy value chain players.
This report describes the activities carried out by the Africa RISING-NAFAKA parnership. The Africa RISING-NAFAKA partnership project focuses on the delivery and scaling of promising interventions that enhance agricultural productivity in Tanzania. The key interventions are the promotion of climate-smart agricultural innovations, dissemination of best-bet crop management packages, rehabilitation and protection of natural resources, and reduction of food waste and spoilage.
This paper is an inquiry into the process of setting up a national, multi-stakeholder project collaboration aimed at stimulating the role of the private sector in the Australian agricultural extension and innovation systems.
Agriculture developments have revolutionized the overall agricultural practices however, the small farmers are still suffering as they were not able to cope with the fast-paced changes. Thus, it still poses a threat to their survival. The study has attempted to explore how the environment can motivate a small farmer to adopt the agriculture extension. The study also examined how environment stimulates the intrapreneurship of a small farmer. For this purpose, data was collected from the farmers of Thailand and Smart-PLS was used for data analysis.
Esta presentación describe la experiencia y lecciones aprendidas en el proyecto de implementación de las Escuelas de Campo en la región de Trifino.
Este articulo cuenta experiencias y hace un estudio de los espacios de comercialización de la agricultura familiar en Argentina, frente a la escasez de canales directos de venta. El estudio describe como las ferias se establecen como un espacio de trabajo organizado en conjunto que genera oportunidades sociales y laborales para el sector.
The Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (CoSAI) and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) jointly commissioned a gap study to determine how far away innovation investment is from helping agri-food systems achieve zero hunger goals and the Paris Agreement while reducing impacts on water resources in the Global South. The results show that the world can come much closer with some well-placed investments.
Este trabajo describe la metodología e implementación de la Estrategia Comunicacional (EC) del proyecto “Aportes para el crecimiento, la equidad y la sustentabilidad del territorio diversificado de los partidos costeros de San Pedro y Baradero”, basado en el marco de la investigación participativa y transdisciplinar propia de la metaperspectiva de la Comunicación Estratégica (CE) de la Escuela de Rosario.
Este libro se propone mostrar el modo en que la construcción de sentido en torno al concepto de interdisciplina en equipos de trabajo, es eje de un proceso de comunicación que acompaña cambios organizacionales. Dichos cambios no son estructurales sino que intervienen en las relaciones entre los sectores de investigación y extensión, las dos ramas fundamentales del Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), organismo nacional dedicado a la generación y transferencia de tecnología.