

Working Paper by Fernando Landini

Erika Zain Al Din
INTA, Argentina

Sounkoura Sidibé Adethomah
IITA/Bénin

Andreas Oswald, Sani Miko, Abou Berthe
Sasakawa Africa Association, Japan

Ma. Luján Mongelós
Federacion de Cooperativas de Production LTDA - FECOPROD

Julio C. Catullo
National Institute of Agricultural Technology INTA, Argentina
Ma. Isabel Paredes
Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural, Chile

Julio C. Catullo
National Institute of Agricultural Technology INTA, Argentina
Ma. Isabel Paredes
Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural, Chile

Fernando Landini
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

O. Idowu Oladele
Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension. North West University, South Africa

Krishan Bheenick
Technical Centre for Agricultural & Rural Cooperation (CTA)

David J. Spielman and Simrin Makhija
International Food Policy Research Institute
Presentation held at the Furtue Agricultures Consortium, Institue of Development Studies from 6-7- December 2012.
This paper draws together experiences from across Asia to explore extension policy and the extension policy process. The paper argues that extension policy needs to tackle two major sets of issues. The first concerns the content in view of the broader role extension need to play in the present context of agriculture systems. The second issue concerns the nature of the policy process itself. Instead of prescribing reforms, the policy process should ideally facilitate continuous incremental change through experimentation, reflection and learning. Four cases are presented to illustrate the challenges involved in developing and implementing extension policy. The experiences indicate that reform processes only informed by prescriptions generated centrally or from outside are bound to fail. The message for extension policy in Asia is that the process of reform must be lead from within.
This brief focuses on three questions:
SPC Policy Brief #12


Working Paper by Fernando Landini

Erika Zain Al Din
INTA, Argentina

Sounkoura Sidibé Adethomah
IITA/Bénin

Andreas Oswald, Sani Miko, Abou Berthe
Sasakawa Africa Association, Japan

Ma. Luján Mongelós
Federacion de Cooperativas de Production LTDA - FECOPROD

Julio C. Catullo
National Institute of Agricultural Technology INTA, Argentina
Ma. Isabel Paredes
Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural, Chile

Julio C. Catullo
National Institute of Agricultural Technology INTA, Argentina
Ma. Isabel Paredes
Centro Latinoamericano para el Desarrollo Rural, Chile

Fernando Landini
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

O. Idowu Oladele
Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension. North West University, South Africa

Krishan Bheenick
Technical Centre for Agricultural & Rural Cooperation (CTA)

David J. Spielman and Simrin Makhija
International Food Policy Research Institute
Presentation held at the Furtue Agricultures Consortium, Institue of Development Studies from 6-7- December 2012.
This paper draws together experiences from across Asia to explore extension policy and the extension policy process. The paper argues that extension policy needs to tackle two major sets of issues. The first concerns the content in view of the broader role extension need to play in the present context of agriculture systems. The second issue concerns the nature of the policy process itself. Instead of prescribing reforms, the policy process should ideally facilitate continuous incremental change through experimentation, reflection and learning. Four cases are presented to illustrate the challenges involved in developing and implementing extension policy. The experiences indicate that reform processes only informed by prescriptions generated centrally or from outside are bound to fail. The message for extension policy in Asia is that the process of reform must be lead from within.
This brief focuses on three questions:
SPC Policy Brief #12