The Worldwide Extension Study provides empirical data on the human and financial resources of agricultural extension and advisory systems worldwide, as well as other important information on:
  • the primary extension service providers in each country
    (e.g. public, private and/or non-governmental);
  • which types and groups of farmers are the primary target groups (e.g. large, medium, and/or small-scale farmers, including rural women) for each extension organization;
  • how each organization’s resources are allocated to key extension and advisory service functions;
  • each organization’s information and communication technology  resources and capacity; and  
  • what role, if any, different categories of farmers play in setting extension’s priorities and/or assessing performance.  
Use the tabs above to navigate by continent and then follow the country specific links for information on that nation's extension and advisory services. Or simply enter the country name in the search field in the upper right hand corner.

Agricultural country profiles are available at http://www.new-ag.info/en/country.php

The recently published report by GFRAS was used to generate the global (Click HERE) and regional (click respective tabs above) overviews of actors and issues in the provision of rural advisory services.




This Worldwide Extension Study was initiated by the International Food Policy Research Institute, IFPRI, and funded by USAID, in close collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, IICA.

 





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Photo courtesy: taken by Burton Swanson in 2009. This was a picture painted on the outside of an extension office in Atsibi, Ethiopia in 2009


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