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Agricultural extension services and gender equality: An institutional analysis of four districts in Ethiopia
Cohen, Marc J.; Lemma, Mamusha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
provision more responsive to users. Ethiopia has undertaken two rounds of decentralization, making first the regional states and … then the district governments responsible for providing key public services. This paper explores whether decentralization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009189428
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The wealth and gender distribution of rural services in Ethiopia: A public expenditure benefit Incidence Analysis
Mogues, Tewodaj; Petracco, Carly; Randriamamonjy, Josee - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850556
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Agricultural extension in Ethiopia through a gender and governance lens:
Mogues, Tewodaj; Cohen, Marc J.; Birner, Regina; Lemma, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Drawing on a household survey collected in eight woredas in seven Ethiopian regions in 2009, as well as on qualitative fieldwork in four of the eight woredas, this paper provides analysis of agricultural extension delivery in Ethiopia. While overall extension services are relatively accessible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933115
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Review of agricultural extension in India: Are farmers' information needs being met?
Glendenning, Claire J.; Babu, Suresh; Asenso-Okyere, Kwadwo - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
Despite a wide range of reform initiatives in agricultural extension in India in the past decades, the coverage of, access to, and quality of information provided to marginalized and poor farmers is uneven. This paper aims to ascertain why farmers are not accessing information and where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008862353
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Decentralization and environmental conservation: gender effects from participation in joint forest management
Agrawal, Arun; Yadama, Gautam; Andrade, Raul; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006
"This paper analyzes how women's participation affects institutional outcomes related to the decentralized governance of community forests in Madhya Pradesh, India. The analysis is based on data from a representative sample of 641 cases of joint forest management, India's flagship program to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005105963
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The effects of political reservations for women on local governance and rural service provision:
Raabe, Katharina; Sekher, Madhushree; Birner, Regina - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
gender equality in human development by making rural service provision and local governance inclusive and responsive to the … in rural areas, (2) shift rural service provision to public goods that reflect gender preferences, and (3) improve the … service provision and local governance, the gender bias in human development is still pronounced. This casts doubt on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967174
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The new Nicaraguan water law in context
Novo, Paula; Garrido, Alberto - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
The Nicaraguan Water Law, enacted in September 2007, is the first attempt to implement a new water law in the country. This is not an isolated legislative process in Central America, as other countries initiated similar reforms based on the Dublin principles. Although all new water laws need...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008486404
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Is there an App for that? The impact of community knowledge workers in Uganda:
Van Campenhout, Bjorn - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
Rapidly increasing mobile phone coverage, cheaper technology, and an open platform that allows for the development of applications that extend the use of mobile devices provide new ways to reach farmers in isolated places. We investigate the impact of an intervention that uses information and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850573
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Impact of Uganda's National Agricultural Advisory Services program:
Benin, Samuel; Nkonya, Ephraim; Okecho, Geresom; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
In Uganda, agricultural extension has been hotly debated since the implementation of the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) program in 2001. Conceived as a demand-driven approach and largely publicly funded with services provided by the private sector, the NAADS program targets the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010542208
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Promises and realities of community-based agricultural extension
Feder, Gershon; Anderson, Jock R.; Birner, Regina; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2010
In view of the market failures and the state failures inherent in providing agricultural extension, community-based approaches, which involve farmers‘ groups, have gained increasing importance in recent years as a third way to provide this service. The paper discusses the conceptual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008478785