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Climate change mainstreaming in extension agents training curricula: a case of mopani and vhembe district, limpopo province, South Africa / Zikhali, Zafezeka Mbali; Mafongoya, Paramu L; Mudhara, Maxwell

Zikhali, Zafezeka Mbali	Journal Article
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This study assessed the provision of informal training offered by the Limpopo Department of Agriculture, South Africa, to agricultural extension officers (AEOs). The study used surveyed 90 public extension officers purposively sampled. There were statistically significant differences in extension officers’ exposure to climate change between their education levels and in the provision of climate change training between extension officers’ work experience (P⩽0.05). The study concluded that the majority of AEOs have not been fully exposed to climate information prior to their employment. This suggests that the information gap in Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services (AEAS) stems from the slow mainstreaming and integration of climate change information.

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Climate Change ; Agricultural Extension ; Advisory System

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Effects of inclusive public agricultural extension service: results from a policy reform experiment in western China / Ruifa Hu; Cai, Yaqing; Chen, Kevin Z; Huang, Jikun

Huang, Jikun	Journal Article
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2012.

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The top-down public agricultural extension system in China and its early commercialization reforms during the 1990s have left millions of farmers without access to extension services. A pilot inclusive agricultural extension system was introduced in 2005 to better meet the diverse needs of small-scale farmers. Three key features of the experiment are (1) inclusion of all farmers as target beneficiaries, (2) effective identification of farmers' extension service needs, and (3) an accountability system to provide better agricultural extension services to farmers. This paper describes design of the reform initiative and examines its effect on farmers' access to extension services. Based on farmer supplied data from six counties for the years 2005 to 2007, this paper shows that inclusive reform initiatives significantly improve farmers' access to and actually received of agricultural extension services as well as their adoption of new technologies. Implications for further reforms to the agricultural extension system are also discussed.

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Agricultural Extension ; Farmers' Technology Needs ; Accountability System

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