Sulaiman V., Rasheed and Ban, A.W. van den | 2000
- Author(s): Sulaiman V., Rasheed and Ban, A.W. van den
- Publisher: National centre for agricultural economics and policy research (NCAP)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural extension, advisory services, technological change, agricultural innovations, farmers, information needs, india
The shifting emphasis of Indian agriculture towards diversification, commercialization, sustainability and efficiency demands that state extension organizations adjust their extension approaches to provide the right type of support.
Sulaiman V., Rasheed and Hall, Andy | 2004
- Author(s): Sulaiman V., Rasheed and Hall, Andy
- Publisher: National centre for agricultural economics and policy (NCAP)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural extension, crop diversification, marketing, farmers associations, information needs, popular participation, india
The challenges of promoting a learning-based approach to extension (extension-plus) in India are discussed with special reference to public bodies where such processes of change clash with prevailing organisational cultures.
Sulaiman V., Rasheed and Hall, Andy | 2002
- Author(s): Sulaiman V., Rasheed and Hall, Andy
- Publisher: National centre for agricultural economics and policy (NCAP)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural extension, institution building, development strategies, innovations, popular participation, farmers, india
The need for shifting from a technology dissemination focus to a more holistic, innovation systems approach to agricultural extension is illustrated, using the case of Indian extension reform.
Sulaiman V., Rasheed and Hall, Andy and Vamsidhar Reddy, T.S. | 2011
- Author(s): Sulaiman V., Rasheed and Hall, Andy and Vamsidhar Reddy, T.S.
- Publisher: United nations university (UNU). Maastricht economic and social research institute on innovation and technology (MERIT)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural innovations, development strategies, agricultural research, development policy, asia
The Research Into Use (RIU) programme in Asia missed its target, as it failed to make explicit efforts to address policy and institutional change, despite its innovation systems rhetoric. This severely restricted its ability to achieve wide-scale social and economic impact.
Sulaiman V., Rasheed and Holt, Georgina | 2002
- Author(s): Sulaiman V., Rasheed and Holt, Georgina
- Publisher: Overseas development institute (ODI)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: agricultural extension, innovations, institutional infrastructure, poverty alleviation, farmers, india
Examines the challenges in designing and implementing appropriate institutional arrangements for extension services to suit the changing information and technological needs of poor farmers in India.