Following the decline of investments in government extension services in the 1980s and 1990s, community- based extension approaches have become increasingly important. One such approach is farmer-to-farmer extension (F2FE), which is defined here as the provision of training by farmers to farmers, often through the creation of a structure of farmer-trainers. We use ‘farmer-trainer’ as a generic term, even though we recognise that different names (e.g. lead farmer, farmer-promoter, community knowledge worker) may imply different roles. 
Public Sector
National Level
Council of Agriculture,COA, comprising:
- Agriculture and Food Agency
- Fishery Agency
- Bureau of Agricultural Finance
- Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine
- Forestry Bureau
- Soil and Water Conservation Bureau
- Agricultural Research Institute
- Forestry Research Institute
- Fisheries Research Institute
- Livestock Research Institute
- Animal Health Research Institute
- Agricultural Chemicals and Toxic Substances Research Institute
- Endemic Species Research Institute
- District Agricultural Research and Extension Station
- Tea Research and Extension Station
- Seed Improvement and Propagation Station
- Agricultural Biotechnology Park
County Level
Agriculture Bureau of County Government
examples
Local Level (City/Village/Township)
Agriculture Section of City/Village/Township Office
List of Extension Providers
The following list shows an excerpt from the GFRAS Directory of Extension Providers for Taiwan. Some of these entries may be specially marked for having more detailed information in the database of the Worldwide Extension Study WWES.
