Every country has developed, formulated, and decreed national policies related to rural advisory services. Find some examples here. If you are looking for a national policy from a specific country, please use the search function, selecting the category “National policies” and the tag for the country.
Summary of Ethiopia's Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) for Agriculture and Rural Development, goals indicated for 2014/2015.
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- Author(s) n.a.
- Year n.a.
- Type of Content Case study, experience, example
- Type of Document Position papers and reports
- Country/Region Ethiopia
A Power Point Presentation on a paper adressing motivations and inefficiencies in investment in extension as well as lessons for reform of extension.
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- Author(s) Berhanu, Kassahun, Poulton, Colin
- Year 2012
- Type of Content Case study, experience, example
- Type of Document Presentation
- Country/Region Ethiopia
This is the final draft report of the the Policy and Investment Framework (PIF) for Ethiopia's agricultural sector. The PIF provides a strategic framework for the prioritisation and planning of investments that will drive Ethiopia’s agricultural growth and development. It is a 10-year road map for development that identifies priority areas for investment and estimates the financing needs to be provided by Government and its evelopment partners. It is anchored to, and aligned with, the national vision of becoming a middle income country by 2020 together with a number of key policy and strategic statements.
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- Author(s) Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Year 2010
- Type of Content Conceptual (definitions and frameworks)
- Type of Document Endorsed policy documents
- Country/Region Ethiopia
This document describes the proceedings of the workshop "Transforming Agricultural Extension System and Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Growth in the Democratic Republic of Congo", held on 26 - 27 June 2012, organised by the Democratic Republic of Congo Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The purpose of this set of proceedings is to present a diagnosis of the extension system in the DRC and communicate the key messages on strategies to inform agricultural extension reform efforts.
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- Author(s) Unknown
- Year 2012
- Type of Content Case study, experience, example
- Type of Document Meeting report
- Country/Region Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Zaire)
This note provides a summary of the current state of agricultural extension in the DRC and identifies important opportunities to address the many challenges agricultural extension in DRC faces in terms of institutional set-up, funding mechanism, capacity strengthening of extension service providers, and delivery method and tools.
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- Author(s) IFPRI
- Year 2012
- Type of Content Case study, experience, example
- Type of Document Position papers and reports
- Country/Region Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Zaire)
This paper provides an in-depth review of the agricultural extension system of DRC to identify strategies and practical actions to transform the system to better respond to the knowledge needs in a rapidly-changing agriculture and food sector. This review includes analyses of its policies and legal framework, organization and management, links to critical institutions, and capacity and incentive of different actors in the system.
IFPRI Policy Note
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- Author(s) Ragasa, Catherine; Josee Randriamamonjy; John Ulimwengu; Thadee Badibanga
- Year 2012
- Type of Content Case study, experience, example
- Type of Document Brief
- Country/Region Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Zaire)
Power Point Presentation held by William Bradley, Agriculture Officer with USAID/Cambodia, remarking on agricultural extension services and USAID project HARVEST Cambodia.
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- Author(s) Bradley, William
- Year 2014
- Type of Content Case study, experience, example
- Type of Document Presentation
- Country/Region Cambodia
Power Point Presentation of a study on farmers needs and want in terms of learning and adoption of new agricultural technologies and the level of adoption of new agricultural practices by farmers.
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- Author(s) Suvedi, Murari and Sarom, Men
- Year 2014
- Type of Content Conceptual (definitions and frameworks)
- Type of Document Presentation
- Country/Region Cambodia
Power Point Presentation on Agricultural Extension Policy Fromulation in Cambodia.
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- Author(s) Suvedi, Murari
- Year 2014
- Type of Content Case study, experience, example
- Type of Document Presentation
- Country/Region Cambodia
With the theme of "Extension Services for Better Well-being," this agricultural extension policy document aims to support, facilitate, and coordinate the work of all extension services providers in Cambodia so that farmers and farming communities receive regular extension services and timely, adequate, accessible, and adaptable technical information.
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- Author(s) Royal Government of Cambodia; Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Year 2015
- Type of Content Case study, experience, example
- Type of Document Endorsed policy documents
- Country/Region Cambodia
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Power Point Presentation held at the Innovations in Extension and Advisory Services International Conference in Nairobe, 15. - 18. November 2011.
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- Author(s) Hur Ben Corrêa da Silva
- Year 2011
- Type of Content Case study, experience, example
- Type of Document Presentation
- Country/Region Brazil
This document is the result of a series of interviews carried out in November 2012 with extensionists, university professors, researchers, technicians, and extension service coordinators from different states in Brazil. A total of 14 professionals from CATI, ESALQUSP, EMPAER-MT, EMBRAPA, and independent consultants were interviewed. The information shared by those professionals was combined to build a narrative, showing an overview of the current rural extension practices in Brazil.
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- Author(s) Cristina Sette and Javier Ekboir
- Year 2013
- Type of Content Case study, experience, example
- Type of Document Research Papers and Studies
- Country/Region Brazil
This article aims to present the evolution of the main facts in Brazilian RAS and its recent history, focusing on institutional and legal changes, showing some relevant data derived from official sources with support from specialized literature.
Institutionalized rural advisory services in Brazil emerged during the 1950s and played an important role in the modernization of some sectors of its agriculture. However, they faced many difficulties that resulted in a long term crisis, which only recently began to be solved. Despite the progress of public policies, huge challenges remain in the way of providing quality and continuous services to all farmers.
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- Author(s) Peixoto, Marcus
- Year 2014
- Type of Content Case study, experience, example
- Type of Document Position papers and reports
- Country/Region Brazil
The purpose of their visit was to pay a courtesy call to Ministry of Agriculture and Botswana College of Agriculture (BCA) to explore and concretize plans for the upcoming Africa-wide Symposium on Advisory/Extension Service to be held in Gaborone next year 2013.
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- Author(s) AFAAS
- Year 2012
- Type of Content Case study, experience, example
- Type of Document Meeting report
- Country/Region Botswana