GLOBAL REVIEW OF GOOD AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND ADVISORY SERVICES PRACTICES subjects: Communication Education and Training Planning Tools levels and types of education: Teachers' training |
FAO _ ROME, 2008 |
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| This publication is for extension personnel, trainers and trainees for youth and adult education activities. It illustrates “good practices” within different agricultural extension and advisory service institutions that have used new agricultural innovations, in order to improve rural livelihoods and, to educate farmers to use sustainable natural resource management practices in different countries. The publication reviews the major objectives of extension systems in the agricultural development process that are technology dissemination,human capital development, building social capitaland educating farmers to manage natural resources sustainably. These major extension objectives are assessed under different extension models and are differently organized. |
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Contact: Riccardo Del Castello NRRR FAO Rome,Italy Viale delle Terme di Caracalla Riccardo.delcastello@fao.org |
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