Self-help extension: Farmer-to-farmer extension

Bachmann, Felicitas; Rist, Stephan; Hoffmann, Volker (2009). Self-help extension: Farmer-to-farmer extension. In: Hoffmann, Volker; Christinck, Anja; Lemma, Manusha (eds.) Handbook: Rural Extension. Examples and Background Material, vol. 2 (pp. 76-83). Weikersheim: Margraf Publishers

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As staff and mobility cost have the lion share of the costs of extension work, there have been many alternatives to assign farmers the job of facilitators, trainers and advisors. The arguments behind are that they are geopraphically closer to the clients, but also mentally and culturally, because they are members of the client group themselves, speak their language and share their experience and daily life. The article starts with the origins of the larger movement in Latin-America, and then discusses potentials and limitations, and finally experience from elsewhere.

Item Type:

Book Section (Book Chapter)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Geographies of Sustainability > Unit Critical Sustainability Studies (CSS)
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Geographies of Sustainability
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography
08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > NCCR North-South Management Centre [discontinued]
10 Strategic Research Centers > Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

UniBE Contributor:

Bachmann, Felicitas, Rist, Stephan

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics

ISBN:

978-3-8236-1572-9

Publisher:

Margraf Publishers

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 15:21

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:25

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/36555 (FactScience: 205288)

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