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Rivera, William M. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2009
Two imperatives form the basis of the present paper. The first is the market-driven imperative, vital to production and value-chain development. The second is the knowledge imperative, central to the advancement of human capacity and institutional development. In view of these two imperatives, this paper argues for overhaul in extension toward a…
Descriptors: Public Sector, Rural Extension, Agricultural Education, Administrative Organization
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Rivera, William M.; Alex, Gary – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2004
Public agricultural extension services around the world are being pressured to adapt to new funding constraints and a changing agricultural sector. The global perspective on extension is no longer that of a unified public sector service, but of a multi-institutional network of knowledge and information support for rural people. This reality and…
Descriptors: Privatization, Rural Extension, Global Approach, Workshops