Agricultural Extension Reforms in South Asia: Status, Challenges, and Policy Options

Agricultural Extension Reforms in South Asia: Status, Challenges, and Policy Options is based on the agricultural extension reforms across five South Asian countries reflecting on past experiences, case studies and experiments. Beginning with a comprehensive overview of historical trends and recent developments in the region, the book then delves into country-wise reform trajectories and presents several cases testing the effectiveness of different types (public and private) and forms (nutrition extension, livestock extension) of extension systems. Further, the book also provides a comprehensive overview of the different challenges and constraints faced in formulating and implementing reforms, tying the results into a concrete set of lessons and highlighting the areas that require further research. Agricultural Extension Reforms in South Asia: Status, Challenges, and Policy Options discusses how a major aspect of agricultural development is the productivity increase from the knowledge base of the farmers and translating research results into knowledge base for farmers requires designing and implementing well-functioning extension programs. As such, the readers will gain a solid understanding of the challenges facing academics, researchers and policy makers in agricultural transformation through a wide range of experiences, lessons and case studies. Presents the current challenges and solutions by region, and provides insights for application in global settings Provides key foundational information for the effective and efficient design of future intervention programs Includes workshops and presentations based on real-world research of specific aspects of extension systems and provision of advisory and consultation services to various governments

• | Author: Suresh Chandra Babu, P.K. Joshi
• | Publisher: Academic Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 15, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 410 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0128187522
• | ISBN-13: 9780128187524