
Knowledge Driven Development
Private Extension and Global Lessons
Description
Key Features
- Provides understanding of different knowledge sharing and intensification models of extension delivery and financing by private companies across the agricultural value chains
- Assesses the factors leading to successes or failures of various approaches
- Draws lessons and recommendations for future endeavors relating to private extension policies and programs
Readership
Academic researchers, international development organizations (both government and NGO), advanced level students in agriculture/policy development
Table of Contents
- List of Contributors
- About the Editors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Rationale and Aims of the Book
- Key Research Questions
- Research Methodology
- Overview of Content
- References
- Chapter 2. The Current Status and Role of Private Extension: A Literature Review and a Conceptual Framework
- Introduction
- Trends in the Development of Private Extension
- Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Private Extension
- Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 3. Private Approaches to Extension and Advisory Services: A Historical Analysis
- Introduction
- What Is Private Extension?
- Trends in the Development of Private Extension and Advisory Services
- Origins of Privatized Agricultural Extension Services Worldwide
- Documentation of Case Studies on Privatization and National Reform Process
- Challenges and Issues Facing the Development and Expansion of Private Extension
- Concluding Remarks
- References
- Chapter 4. Private Sector Extension with Input Supply and Output Aggregation: Case of Sugarcane Production System with EID Parry in India
- Introduction
- Description of the Value Chain (Production and Marketing System)
- Description of the Extension Approach
- Analysis of the Private Extension Services with Respect to Relevance, Efficiency, Effectiveness, Equity, Sustainability, and Impact
- Comparison with Public Extension in India
- Uniqueness of the Model and Value Addition (Institutional Innovation)
- Lessons for Replication and Scaling Up
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 5. Kenya Horticultural Exporters: Linking Smallholders to Market
- Introduction
- The Bean Value Chain
- Extension Methods of KHE
- Analysis of the Private Extension Program with Respect to Relevance, Efficiency, Effectiveness, Equity, Sustainability, and Impact
- Comparison with Public Extension and Other Private Sectors in the Country
- Uniqueness of the Model and Its Value Addition
- Lessons for Replication and Scaling Up
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6. Private Technical Assistance Approaches in Brazil: The Case of Food Processing Company Rio de Una
- Introduction
- Description of the Value Chain (Production and Marketing System)
- Description of the Technical Assistance Approach
- Analysis of Private Technical Assistance
- Comparison with Public Extension and Other Providers
- Uniqueness of the Model and Value Addition
- Lessons for Replication and Scaling Up
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 7. Syngenta Frijol Nica Program: Supporting Nicaraguan Bean Growers
- Introduction
- The Dry Bean Value Chain
- Extension Methods of the Frijol Nica Program
- Analysis of the Private Extension with Respect to Relevance, Efficiency, Effectiveness, Equity, Sustainability, and Impact
- Comparison with Public Extension and Other Private Sectors in the Country
- Uniqueness of the Model and Its Value Addition
- Lessons for Replication and Scaling Up
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 8. Private Sector Participation in Agricultural Extension for Cocoa Farming in Nigeria: The Case of Multi-Trex Integrated Foods
- Introduction
- Description of the Cocoa Value Chain in Nigeria
- Description of the Extension Approach
- Analysis of the Private Extension with Respect to Relevance, Efficiency, Effectiveness, Equity, Sustainability, and Impact
- Comparison with Public Extension and Other Private Sectors in Nigeria
- Uniqueness of the Model and Value Addition
- Lessons for Replication and Scaling Up
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 9. Jain Irrigation Systems Limited: Creating Shared Value for Small Onion Growers
- Introduction
- India’s Onion Value Chain
- Extension Methods of JISL’s Onion Program
- Analysis of the Private Extension with Respect to Relevance, Efficiency, Effectiveness, Equity, Sustainability, and Impact
- Comparison with Public Extension and Other Private Sectors in the Country
- Uniqueness of the Model and Its Value Addition
- Lessons for Replication and Scaling Up
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 10. Private-Sector Participation in Agricultural Extension for Safflower Farming in India: The Case of Marico Limited
- Introduction
- Description of the Safflower Value Chain in India
- Description of the Extension Approach
- Analysis of the Private Extension Program
- Comparison with Public Extension and Other Private Sectors in India
- Uniqueness of the Model and Value Addition
- Lessons for Replication and Scaling Up
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 11. Private Provision of Extension Through the Contract Farming Approach in Bangladesh: The Case of PRAN in Bangladesh
- Introduction
- Description of Various Value Chains
- Description of PRAN’s Extension Program
- Analysis of Private Extension Approach
- Comparison Between Public and Private Extension Services in Bangladesh
- Uniqueness of the Model
- Lessons for Replication and Scaling Up
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 12. Extension and Advisory Services for Organic Basmati Rice Production in Jammu and Kashmir, India: A Case Study of Sarveshwar Organic Foods Ltd.
- Introduction
- Basmati Rice and Its Export from India
- Production of Basmati in Jammu Division
- Overview of Sarveshwar Organic Foods Ltd. and Its Role in Organic Rice Production
- Description of the Extension Approach of Sarveshwar Organic Foods Ltd.
- Uniqueness of the Model
- Analysis of Private Extension
- Lessons Learned
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 13. Private Extension Provision in Vietnam: A Case Study of An Giang Plant Protection Joint Stock Company
- Introduction
- Private Extension by AGPPS
- Vietnamese Rice Sector: Emerging Issues, 2012–2015
- Description of the Extension Approach
- Analysis of the Private Extension with Respect to Relevance, Efficiency, Effectiveness, Equity, Sustainability, and Impact
- Comparison with Public Extension and Other Private Sectors in Vietnam
- Uniqueness of the Model and Value Added
- Lessons for Replication and Scaling Up
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 14. Private Sector Extension—Synthesis of the Case Studies
- Value Chains and Private Extension
- Broad Lessons from the Private Extension Case Studies
- Challenges and Ways Forward
- Concluding Remarks
- Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 292
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2015
- Published: May 30, 2015
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128023631
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128022313
About the Editors
Yuan Zhou
Head of Research and Policy Analysis - Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
Yuan Zhou brings experience in environmental economics and water management. She has worked on a range of interdisciplinary projects in developing countries including economics and management of water resources, cost evaluation of water treatment and desalination technologies, integrated studies on water/food/environment relations, and rural development issues. Yuan holds a PhD in environmental economics from University of Hamburg and previously worked as a researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology