Agricultural Extension, Collective Action and Innovation Systems: Lessons on Network Brokering from Peru and Mexico

Autor/in	Hellin, Jon
Titel	Agricultural Extension, Collective Action and Innovation Systems: Lessons on Network Brokering from Peru and Mexico
Quelle	In: Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 18 (2012) 2, S.141-159 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1389-224X
DOI	10.1080/1389224X.2012.655967
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Developing Nations; Rural Extension; Agricultural Production; Educational Development; Extension Education; Agricultural Education; Rural Education; Agricultural Skills; Agricultural Occupations; Economic Development; Rural Development; Case Studies; Research Methodology; Delivery Systems; Systems Development; Poverty; Cooperation; Networks; Nongovernmental Organizations; Organizational Development; Technology Transfer; Empowerment; Community Organizations; Innovation; Mexico; Peru + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Agriculture; Production; Landwirtschaft; Produktion; Agrarproduktion; Landwirtschaftliche Produktion; Bildungsentwicklung; Erweitertes Bildungsangebot; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Ausbildung; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Occupation; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Auslieferung; System development; Systementwicklung; Armut; Co-operation; Kooperation; Organisationsentwicklung; Technologietransfer; Mexiko
Abstract	Purpose: New approaches to extension service delivery are needed that stimulate increased agricultural production, contribute to collective action and which also foster the emergence of agricultural innovation systems. Research in Peru and Mexico explores some of these new approaches. Design/methodology/approach: In both countries, a qualitative value chain mapping methodology was used to explore the challenges of providing extension provision to resource-poor farmers in ways that stimulate collective action and agricultural innovation systems. Findings: In Peru, collective action and the development of an agriculture innovation system required the network broker activities of initially a non-governmental organization (NGO) and then increasingly trusted local farmers known as Kamayoq. In Mexico, collective action took place in the context of a linear transfer-of-technology approach focused on access to improved maize seed and there was no evidence of the emergence of innovation networks. Practical implications: Different extension modalities can foster collective action but this in itself is not enough to encourage innovation. Extension needs to focus on combining collective action with networking amongst sets of heterogeneous value chain actors. Originality/value: The Peruvian and Mexican case studies demonstrate that the debate about the modalities of pluralistic and diversified extension systems has obscured the reality that the development community still has some way to go to achieve comprehensively the paradigm shift from a linear transfer-of-technology approach to one that supports the emergence of agricultural innovation systems. (As Provided).
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