The Impact of Strengthening Agricultural Extension Services : Evidence from Ethiopia

Extension services have been implemented on a large scale in developing countries for decades. However, there is little evidence on their impact on the productivity and welfare of farmers. Our study aims to begin to fill this evidence gap with the...

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Main Authors:	Buehren, Niklas, Goldstein, Markus, Molina, Ezequiel, Vaillant, Julia
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY SMALL FARMERS GENDER GENDER GAP GENDER EQUALITY WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/788651524747997140/The-impact-of-strengthening-agricultural-extension-services-evidence-from-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29743

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spelling	okr-10986-297432021-05-25T10:54:37Z The Impact of Strengthening Agricultural Extension Services : Evidence from Ethiopia Buehren, Niklas Goldstein, Markus Molina, Ezequiel Vaillant, Julia AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY SMALL FARMERS GENDER GENDER GAP GENDER EQUALITY WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB Extension services have been implemented on a large scale in developing countries for decades. However, there is little evidence on their impact on the productivity and welfare of farmers. Our study aims to begin to fill this evidence gap with the goal of identifying and encouraging the uptake of best practices for the delivery of extension services by governments.Our findings suggest that strengthening extension services to make them more responsive to the needs of farmers can induce a switch to more commercial, market-oriented agriculture.Female-headed households seem to have benefited equally from the extension services project but it did not contribute to reducing the gender gap in agricultural outcomes as their initial levels of wealth and consumption, as well as labor and capital endowments were lower.Additional research is required to identify extension services designs that contribute to closing the gender gap, by addressing more specifically the challenges faced by women in areas such as labor and capital endowment. 2018-04-27T15:14:07Z 2018-04-27T15:14:07Z 2018-04 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/788651524747997140/The-impact-of-strengthening-agricultural-extension-services-evidence-from-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29743 English Gender Innovation Lab Policy Brief;No. 25 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Ethiopia
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topic	AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY SMALL FARMERS GENDER GENDER GAP GENDER EQUALITY WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY SMALL FARMERS GENDER GENDER GAP GENDER EQUALITY WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB Buehren, Niklas Goldstein, Markus Molina, Ezequiel Vaillant, Julia The Impact of Strengthening Agricultural Extension Services : Evidence from Ethiopia
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description	Extension services have been implemented on a large scale in developing countries for decades. However, there is little evidence on their impact on the productivity and welfare of farmers. Our study aims to begin to fill this evidence gap with the goal of identifying and encouraging the uptake of best practices for the delivery of extension services by governments.Our findings suggest that strengthening extension services to make them more responsive to the needs of farmers can induce a switch to more commercial, market-oriented agriculture.Female-headed households seem to have benefited equally from the extension services project but it did not contribute to reducing the gender gap in agricultural outcomes as their initial levels of wealth and consumption, as well as labor and capital endowments were lower.Additional research is required to identify extension services designs that contribute to closing the gender gap, by addressing more specifically the challenges faced by women in areas such as labor and capital endowment.
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author	Buehren, Niklas Goldstein, Markus Molina, Ezequiel Vaillant, Julia
author_facet	Buehren, Niklas Goldstein, Markus Molina, Ezequiel Vaillant, Julia
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title	The Impact of Strengthening Agricultural Extension Services : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_short	The Impact of Strengthening Agricultural Extension Services : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_full	The Impact of Strengthening Agricultural Extension Services : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_fullStr	The Impact of Strengthening Agricultural Extension Services : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed	The Impact of Strengthening Agricultural Extension Services : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_sort	impact of strengthening agricultural extension services : evidence from ethiopia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/788651524747997140/The-impact-of-strengthening-agricultural-extension-services-evidence-from-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29743
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