When Farmers Don't Want Ownership: Reflections on Demand-Driven Extension in Sub-Saharan Africa

Autor/in	Parkinson, Sarah
Titel	When Farmers Don't Want Ownership: Reflections on Demand-Driven Extension in Sub-Saharan Africa
Quelle	In: Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 15 (2009) 4, S.417-429 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1389-224X
Schlagwörter	Rural Extension; Educational Demand; Privatization; Ownership; Empowerment; Agricultural Occupations; Educational Attitudes; Politics of Education; Educational Change; Case Studies; Foreign Countries; Uganda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsanforderung; Bildungsnachfrage; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Eigentum; Agriculture; Occupation; Landwirtschaft; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsreform; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ausland
Abstract	The purpose of this article is to analyze the demand-driven extension approach based on empirical evidence of a case study of the National Agricultural Advisory Service in Uganda. This research found several problems rooted in differences between the assumptions of demand-driven extension and the perspectives of farmers. Many farmers did not place high value on advisory services and were ambivalent towards the programme concepts of farmer ownership and empowerment. Although long-term capacity building was a core part of the programme strategy, farmers were reluctant to invest their time in attending these trainings, whilst political pressure and budgetary constraints made it difficult for programme managers to commit the necessary resources to this activity. The programme adapted to popular and political pressure by putting more emphasis on technological support to farmers. The demand-driven extension model has gained favour amongst donor agencies in their discussions of extension reform. This paper presents evidence and argumentation that suggest demand-driven extension is problematic in rural Uganda and other similar settings. This paper presents original, independent, critical and empirically grounded research in an area that has been dominated in the literature by donor-sponsored work and self-evaluations. (Contains 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10