Title: The political economy of agricultural extension in Ethiopia : economic growth and political control

Authors: Berhanu, Kassahun

Place: Brighton

Publisher: University of Sussex

Year: 2012

Journal: Working paper / Future agricultures

Volume: 042

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Innovation Systems

Keywords: agricultural extension, development planning, decision-making, africa

Abstract: In addition to its presumed economic ramifications, the ongoing agricultural extension scheme that is a major component of transforming smallholder agriculture is driven by political imperatives aimed at effectively controlling the bulk of the Ethiopian electorate.

URL: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/r4d/PDF/Outputs/Futureagriculture/FAC_Working_Paper_042.pdf

Document type: Report