Kristin Davis BOOK LAUNCH Virtual Event - Agricultural Extension: Global Status and Performance in Selected Countries Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) SEP 10, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT

1. Agricultural Extension:
Global Status and Performance
in Selected Countries
Dr. Kristin Davis
Development Strategy and Governance Division
International Food Policy Research Institute
Book Launch | 10 September 2020
Overview

2. Why? Extension’s role in rural transformation
Drivers or
Characteristics
Extension
Performance
Outcomes and
Impact
Frame Conditions
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3. Why? What’s special about this book? 3 gaps
1. Lack of common framework – no comparison
2. Global status update
3. Performance data linking different assessment levels using primary and
secondary data
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4. What? Contents
 Global overview
comparing extension at
national and regional
levels
 Performance
assessment, impact
evaluation in selected
countries
 Lessons and policy
insights
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5.  Coverage – Brazil
 Adoption – Ethiopia
 Access – Malawi
Findings: Performance of
selected countries
Households in Malawi receiving agriculture or
nutrition advice from any source (%)
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6.  Increased coverage for women
and youth
 Increased number and proportion
of women field staff
Findings: Performance –
access to services
Access to extension services by gender
and age group in Malawi (%)
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7. In remembrance of Burt Swanson and Ephraim
Chirwa
• Thanks to Gary Alex, Sonia
Maria Pessoa Pereira
Bergamasco, Ricardo Serra
Borsatto, Carolina Rios
Thomson Ephraim Nkonya,
Nana Afranaa Kwapon,
Edward Kato, Patience
Rwamigisa, Bernard
Bashaasha, Margaret
Najjingo Mangheni, Guush
Berhane, Gashaw Tadesse
Abate, Thomas Woldu
Assefa, John M. Ulimwengu,
Catherine Mthinda, Andrea
Bohn, Burton Swanson,
John Preissing, Sergio
Ardila, Francisco Aguirre,
Julián Buitrón, Mahika
Shishodia, Sam Oeurn Ke,
Pham Hoang Ngan
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8. Appendix
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9. Findings: Governance
 Increasingly pluralism
 Public-sector roles
 Lack of policies to guide
extension governance
Institutional affiliation of providers of
agricultural advisory services in Uganda
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10. Findings: Capacity
 >1 million extension
agents today
 > half have a 2-3-year
diploma or less
 Little on-the-job training or
continuing education
Global share of agents by education
level by type of organization (%)
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11. Findings: Management
 Agents carry a heavy work burden
 Limited or no incentives, rewards
Frontline workers’ time allocation during
planting season in Malawi (%)
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12. Findings: Advisory
methods
 Traditional approaches
(demonstrations, group
meetings) continue
 Market-oriented, digital
approaches rapidly
increasing
Agricultural extension service methodologies in
Argentina, Chile, and Colombia (%)
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