A Comparative Study of Farmers' Participation in Two Agricultural Extension Approaches in Tanzania

Douglah, Mohammad; Sicilima, Nicodemus

doi:10.5191/jiaee.1997.04105

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“…Considering the farmers' participation in the CIP planning, the FGDs with farmers revealed that they were not associated in the planning process, and therefore their experience was not taken into consideration. A study by Douglah and Sicilima (1997) indicated that the lack of participation of the target groups in all stages of the project planning leads to its failure. In addition, for an agricultural project to be successful, the farmers' socio-economic characteristics should be taken into consideration (Iqbal 2007).…”

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“…Other constraining factors include the lack of land ownership, inadequate technical knowledge and financial capital, high agricultural input cost, lack of commitment of extension agents and market inaccessibility (Nxumalo and Oladele 2013). In addition, the lack of participation of target groups in all stages of agricultural program leads to its failure or low adoption (Douglah and Sicilima 1997). Therefore, the success of agricultural program requires the cooperation among farmers, extension agents, scientists and other stakeholders (Cristóvão et al 2009) and the farmers' knowledge and experience should be taken into consideration (Lioutas et al 2010).…”

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Factors influencing farmers' participation in crop intensification program in Rwanda

Nahayo

Omondi

Zhang

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Journal of Integrative Agriculture

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The crop intensification program (CIP) was introduced in Rwanda in 2007 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) as a solution to the land fragmentation, low use of agricultural inputs and low access to extension services. However, due to the voluntary nature of farmers' participation and their reluctance to participate, this study aimed at assessing the factors that influence their participation. Data were collected from 340 respondents through a household survey in Mayange and Rusarabuye sectors. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression model were used to analyze the data. Results show that the factors that significantly influenced the farmers' participation in the CIP include gender, non-farm income, farmland size, farming experience, land acquisition means, market access, trust and agro-ecological conditions. In fact, the non-farm income significantly increased the farmers' decisions to participate in the CIP (P<0.001) as it eases the financial capital needed to invest in the CIP activities. On the land acquisition means, the farmers who inherited or bought the land positively and significantly participated in the CIP (P<0.05) because they had the land tenure security. However, the participation in the CIP was hindered by inadequate irrigation and mechanization facilities, lack of farmers' participation in the CIP planning process, inadequate extension services, inadequate agricultural inputs and inadequate postharvest technologies. Closer collaboration between farmers, local leaders, extension agents and agricultural service providers as well as the farmers' practical skills in irrigation and mechanization could enhance the participation to the program. Therefore, there is a need on the part of policymakers to empower farmers with adequate knowledge on better cropping practices and agricultural technologies through appropriate extension services and bottom-up based program.

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Factors influencing farmers' participation in crop intensification program in Rwanda

Nahayo

Omondi

Zhang

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Journal of Integrative Agriculture

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“…The training and visit system is characterized by professionalism, a single line of command, concentration of efforts, time-bound trends, field and farmer orientation, regular and continuous training, and linkage with research (Benor, Harrison, & Baxter, 1984;Douglah & Sicilima, 1997;Rutatora & Mattee, 2001). The training and visit system was first introduced in Tanzania in 1986 with the assistance of the World Bank as part of the National Agricultural and Extension Rehabilitation Program (Douglah & Sicilima, 1997). This system requires "regular and tight supervision of field staff through regular field visits, periodic training at the district and a single line of command" (Mattee, 1994, p. 184).…”

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Assessment of the factors impacting agricultural extension training programs in Tanzania: a descriptive study

Mwamakimbula

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Professor Zebedayo S. K Mvena, for their continuous support and guidance throughout the course of this work. I sincerely thank all the staff and students in the Department of Agricultural Education and Studies at Iowa State University for their good support and kindness during my one-year stay in Ames as a student. My special thanks also go to the iAGRI (Innovative Agricultural Research Initiative) for sponsoring my study as well as this research. Furthermore, I would also like to thank all of my participants who were willing to take part in this study as well as all local government officials who gave me good support on my way to access my participants. Finally, I would like to present my appreciation to my family and friends for their support and love that gave me courage to work hard in my studies.

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“…Problem of weakness in integrating these important types of knowledge created gap between farmers and researchers and hindered farmer's participation in agricultural research to bring innovation in agriculture. Empirical studies [1,4,5,7] show that most agricultural technologies fail due to lack of indigenous knowledge integration with scientific knowledge in agricultural research process. Moreover, the research does not consider the role of local knowledge in alleviating food security.…”

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“…Failure and poor adoption of agricultural research projects are results of lack of active farmers' participation in all phases of the research projects. Farmers are not given chances to actively engage themselves in all decisions that directly affect their lives [5]. In essence, experts and government officials support the idea of farmers' involvement in agricultural research; however, this is not reflected in practice.…”

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Factors Hindering Farmers’ Participation and Look for Agricultural Development and Food Security

Bayissa

2019

JEAI

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Agriculture is one of the key drivers of Ethiopia’s long-term development and food security. It supports 85% of the total population, constitutes 43% of GDP and 80% of export value. For the country to reach middle-income prestige by 2025 and make significant inroads against food insecurity, strategic choices and concerted and strategic investments in agricultural sector are vigorous. The government of Ethiopia has put maximum efforts to increase agricultural output. However, increments in agricultural production and productivity, the expected benefits, have not been achieved yet. Low agricultural production and productivity is the major cause of food insecurity in the country emanating from lack of suitable technologies for beneficiaries, low adoption of agricultural innovations, and lack of active participation of farmers in agricultural research. Therefore, this study examines critical factors that hinder farmers’ participation in agricultural research in Ethiopia. A total sample size of 39 respondents comprising 16 farmers, 14 researchers and 9 development agents were interviewed purposively based on snowball sampling technique. Qualitative research design was used in this research. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and observations and analysed descriptively. The empirical results reveal that lack of sufficient time, bad experiences in the past, perception of farmers’ for researchers, farmer’s attitude for research, the type of research, lack of stakeholder’s willingness to learn from one another, loose integration of indigenous and scientific knowledge and insignificant change of new technologies to material wealth critically hindered farmer’s participation in agricultural research to bring innovation in agriculture. Innovation in agriculture comes from the interaction of the different actors that are working in agriculture since each actor brings their own knowledge and results in social learning. Insignificant innovation in agricultural research results in food insecurity in the country.

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A Comparative Study of Farmers' Participation in Two Agricultural Extension Approaches in Tanzania

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Factors influencing farmers' participation in crop intensification program in Rwanda

Factors influencing farmers' participation in crop intensification program in Rwanda

Assessment of the factors impacting agricultural extension training programs in Tanzania: a descriptive study

Factors Hindering Farmers’ Participation and Look for Agricultural Development and Food Security

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