SUMMARY
In summary, Agricultural Extension Service is taking a
new dimension in Africa, from complete public services to
more private sector involvement. Certain features are
common among the operators of this new extension
focus despite differences in circumstances and
environment.
The four (4) countries reviewed operate:
i) Partnership extension services which involves so many
stakeholders, like the farmers, Non-Governmental Organizations,
Private Sectors and even the Government.
Though partnership of the above description is not very
popular in Nigeria.
ii) They also decentralize their programmes for more
popular involvement of people who were hitherto less
involved in extension work.
iii) The nature of participation is now more peoplecentred.
That is, participation through farmers’
organization which is more pronounced among all the
four countries reviewed except Nigeria where organized
farmers groups are still few and less active in accepting
the responsibility of recruiting agricultural extension
agents out of their own resources.
iv) The kind of participation adopted by these countries
permitted involvement of stakeholders’ right from
programme planning to implementation of action plan.
v) Fund mobilization common to all the nations under
review is that of shared responsibility among all the
stakeholders. However, Nigeria still needs to mobilize
individuals and private organizations to embrace public –
private partnership strategy of funding agricultural extension
services. If by so doing, it will enable the country to
harness more fund for their exten-sion activities.
SUMMARYIn summary, Agricultural Extension Service is taking anew dimension in Africa, from complete public services tomore private sector involvement. Certain features arecommon among the operators of this new extensionfocus despite differences in circumstances andenvironment.The four (4) countries reviewed operate:i) Partnership extension services which involves so manystakeholders, like the farmers, Non-Governmental Organizations,Private Sectors and even the Government.Though partnership of the above description is not verypopular in Nigeria.ii) They also decentralize their programmes for morepopular involvement of people who were hitherto lessinvolved in extension work.iii) The nature of participation is now more peoplecentred.That is, participation through farmers’organization which is more pronounced among all thefour countries reviewed except Nigeria where organizedfarmers groups are still few and less active in acceptingthe responsibility of recruiting agricultural extensionagents out of their own resources.iv) The kind of participation adopted by these countriespermitted involvement of stakeholders’ right fromprogramme planning to implementation of action plan.v) Fund mobilization common to all the nations underreview is that of shared responsibility among all thestakeholders. However, Nigeria still needs to mobilizeindividuals and private organizations to embrace public –private partnership strategy of funding agricultural extensionservices. If by so doing, it will enable the country toharness more fund for their exten-sion activities.
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