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Participatory Plant Breeding with Traders and Farmers for White Pea Bean in Ethiopia
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Assefa, T.; Sperling, L.; Dagne, B.; Argaw, W.; Tessema, D.; Beebe, S. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2014
Purpose: This research, conducted in Ethiopia, involved select stakeholders in the variety evaluation process early: to identify a greater number of acceptable varieties and to shorten a lengthy research and release process. Design/methodology/approach: A Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) approach was used in both on-station and community-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stakeholders, Agricultural Occupations, Plants (Botany)
Transforming the Roles of a Public Extension Agency to Strengthen Innovation: Lessons from the National Agricultural Extension Project in Bangladesh
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Chowdhury, Ataharul Huq; Odame, Helen Hambly; Leeuwis, Cees – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2014
Purpose: The rapidly evolving nature of agricultural innovation processes in low-income countries requires agricultural extension agencies to transform the classical roles that previously supported linear information dissemination and adoption of innovation. In Bangladesh, strengthening agricultural innovation calls for facilitation of interactive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Agencies, Extension Agents, Rural Extension