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MeetingBuilding partnerships for technology generation, assessment and sharing in agriculture among West Balkan Countries
Highlights of an FAO stakeholder consultation organized in cooperation with the University of Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia
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No results found.FAO organized, jointly with the University of Skopje, a stakeholder and expert consultation on building partnerships for technology generation, assessment and sharing in agriculture among West Balkan countries and held from 27 to 29 June 2007 in Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia. The consultation was attended by 35 selected representatives from research, extension and agricultural technology centres, Ministries and FAO consultants, including 28 representatives from Alba nia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia and UNMIKKosovo. -
BookletAgricultural extension manual for extension workers 2019
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No results found.In the context of sustainable agricultural development, agricultural extension has a very crucial role to play. The tasks and responsibilities of extension service will need to be broadbased and holistic in contents and scope, thus beyond agricultural technology transfer. Its normal task of transferring and disseminating to farmers appropriate agricultural technologies and good farm practices would not be sufficient. Extension agencies, services, and workers will need to exercise a more proactive and participatory role and serve as knowledge/information "brokers", initiating and facilitating mutually meaningful and equitable knowledge-based transactions among agricultural researchers, trainers, and primary producers. To improve its cost-effectiveness, proper strategies to advocate favorable and explicit agricultural extension policies are needed. Modern strategic planning and quality management tools and approaches should be utilized in developing or restructuring extension organizations or institutions. More innovative methods must be developed to identify systematically farmer’s problems and felt needs, and to help formulate and set agricultural research agenda based on such needs and problems. In short, there is a need to develop and improve 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 program. This manual is a practical guide for extension workers in agriculture. It contains simple, easy to follow tools on the commonly used extension methods and an outline of how extension may be planned and implemented. -
Book (stand-alone)Comprehensive assessment of national agricultural research and extension systems with a special focus on agricultural research for development in Egypt
Analysis and guidelines - Egypt case study
2022Also available in:
No results found.This case study was conducted to provide a good understanding of the challenges and opportunities related to Egypt’s agricultural research and organizational development to draw lessons and develop supporting guidelines. This study aimed to enhance efforts exerted by Egypt’s NARS in the field of developmental research by formulating an integrated and coherent approach for research and dissemination of proven technologies and practices. Such approaches are expected to address key bottlenecks and provide the needed direction and means for sustainable improved implementation of AR4D. This can ultimately lead to enhancing and empowering the capacity of Egypt’s NARS to better inform and influence policies and facilitate institutional changes required in the agricultural sector. As part of the efforts of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support and strengthen NARS’ research impact and their links to extension service systems, the present assessment was carried out to establish a deeper insight into challenges and opportunities that are facing NARS in Egypt.
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