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Faure, Guy; Penot, Eric; Rakotondravelo, Jean Chrysostome; Ramahatoraka, Haja Andrisoa; Dugue, Patrick; Toillier, Aurelie – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2013
Purpose: To promote sustainable agriculture, various development projects are encouraging farmers around Madagascar's Lake Alaotra to adopt conservation agriculture techniques. This article's objective is to analyze the capacity of a project-funded advisory system to accompany such an innovation and to design and implement an advisory method aimed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Services, Innovation, Rural Extension
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Faure, Guy; Desjeux, Yann; Gasselin, Pierre – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: Agricultural advisory services are perceived by many actors involved in rural development as a key driver behind innovation processes in agriculture. However, changes in national and global contexts cause dramatic changes in the orientation of advisory services, their organisation and their methods of intervention. This article aims to…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Institutional Environment, Rural Development, Rural Extension