Research Catalog

Title

Innovations in rural extension : case studies from Bangladesh / edited by Paul van Mele, Ahmad Salahuddin and Noel P. Magor.

Publication

Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., 2005.

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Additional Authors

• Mele, Paul van.
• Ahmad, Salahuddin.
• Magor, Noel P.

Description

xxi, 307 p. ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

• "From 1999 to 2004 the PETRRA (Poverty Elimination Through Rice Research Assistance) project explored the development of innovative extension mechanisms through a learning by doing process with multiple service providers. Partnerships linked government, non-government and private sectors as appropriate. Topics addressed by the project include seed production, marketing and distribution systems, crop and soil fertility management, postharvest technologies, mobile pumps, aromatic rice and integrated rice-duck farming. The methods used include women-led group extension, whole family approach, participatory video, Going Public and picture songs. This book examines these approaches to extension and assesses their potential for replicability and scaling up.
• Includes four thematic sections with people-centred case studies and a conclusion with practical applications of the transaction cost theory. This original volume will interest a wide range of readers concerned with agricultural extension and rural development."--Jacket.

Subject

• Poverty Elimination through Rice Research Assistance (Project)
• Rural extension > Bangladesh > Case studies
• Rural development > Bangladesh > Case studies
• Agricultural extension work > Bangladesh > Case studies
• Bangladesh > Rural conditions > Case studies

Genre/Form

Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. New road map / Paul Van Mele -- 2. The right to learn : women want more agricultural advice / Thelma Paris, Shaila Arifa Nabi, Ahmad Salahuddin and Noel P. Magor -- 3. Breaking down barriers : village women spread the word / Helen Latifun Nessa and Paul Van Mele -- 4. Family approach in extension / Harun-Ar-Rashid -- 5. Bringing science to life : video development for women-to-women extension / Paul Van Mele, A.K.M. Zakaria, Rina Nasrin, Basanti Chakroborty, Md. Mojaerul Haque and Josephine Rodgers -- 6. Creative learning methods / Jeffrey W. Bentley and Paul Van Mele -- 7. Watch and learn : video education for appropriate technology / Paul Van Mele, A.K.M. Zakaria and Jeffery W. Bentley.

ISBN

0851990282 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004027654

OCLC

• 57124475
• SCSB-11207038

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library