Reforming and strengthening public agricultural extension and advisory service systems in smallholder farming

Abstract

This policy brief is aimed to serve as a framework for policy-makers to formulate and tailor reform policies of public EAS systems. To this end, it provides a set of priority areas of reform action, including reviewing and assessing existing public EAS systems; strengthening legal and policy frameworks; reforming mandates of public agricultural EAS; ensuring essential public EAS services accessible; enhancing downward accountability of public EAS; strengthening multi-stakeholder coordination; developing an effective human resource development system; sustaining the adequacy of financial resources; investing in a continued way; and monitoring and evaluating the performance of public EAS systems.