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Schad, Iven; Roessler, Regina; Neef, Andreas; Zarate, Anne Valle; Hoffmann, Volker – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2011
This study aims to analyze the potential and constraints of group-based extension approaches as an institutional innovation in the Vietnamese agricultural extension system. Our analysis therefore unfolds around the challenges of how to foster this kind of approach within the hierarchical extension policy setting and how to effectively shape and…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, Institutional Environment
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van de Fliert, Elske; Dung, Ngo Tien; Henriksen, Ole; Dalsgaard, Jens Peter Tang – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2007
In 1992, even before a formalized agricultural extension system existed, the Farmer Field School was introduced in Vietnam as a farmer education methodology aiming at enhancing farmers' agroecological knowledge, critical skills and collective action to support sustainable agricultural development. Over the years, the model saw a wide range of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Rural Extension, Adult Vocational Education, Foreign Countries
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Goletti, Francesco; Pinners, Elise; Purcell, Timothy; Smith, Dominic – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2007
The majority of the population of Vietnam lives in rural areas and depends on agriculture for their livelihood. Consistent growth of the agriculture sector over the past two decades has contributed to a remarkable reduction in the poverty rate and the virtual elimination of hunger in the rural areas of Vietnam. In order to continue the growth…
Descriptors: Poverty, Agricultural Education, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries