Resources Tagged: Meas

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  1. Effective Use of Workshops in Agriculture Extension

    2015-07-14 Workshops are an often-used and effective tool that extension workers can use to teach new skills to groups of farmers. This document, drawn from the USAID/MEAS Technical Note on Presenting Workshops to Adults, explains how a workshop setting differs from that of a classroom/teaching setting, and...
    MEAS

  2. Lessons from Small Farm Resource Centers

    2015-07-13 Based on a MEAS paper entitled, The Current and Future Roles of Small Farm Resource Centers in Extension and Advisory Services: Synthesis Report from Seven Case Studies in Southeast Asia, this document highlights key take-a-ways of an assessment by ECHO of seven SFRCs in Southeast Asia. Through...
    MEAS Agriculture Extension

  3. Information and Communication Technology Options for Agriculture Extension in Developing Countries

    2015-05-13 As extension programs must increasingly accomplish more with less, information and communication technology (ICT) can be utilized to ensure that vital information continues to reach rural agriculture communities in developing countries. This document, drawn from MEAS / USAID Brief # 1:Options and...
    Information and Co... MEAS Agriculture Extension

  4. Effective Use of Workshops in Agriculture Extension

    2016-01-25 In EDN 127, we mentioned that a number of MEAS (Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services) documents were being summarized and distilled for ECHO’s audience. An article on Farmer Engagement in Agriculture Extension was shared in EDN 128, and we want to continue to highlight these articles as...
    MEAS Agriculture Extension

  5. Farmer Engagement in Agriculture Extension

    2015-08-05 Good intentions and viable solutions will have little impact unless we engage with farmers in ways that are meaningful to them. Farmers put a great deal of confidence in what they learn from fellow farmers’ experiences, and they are more likely to trust what they see over what they hear....
    MEAS Agriculture Extension

  6. Analyzing and Supporting Gender Responsive Value Chains

    2015-08-05 The complexity of the global food system creates a diverse group of actors ranging from smallholders to large corporations involved in the agriculture sector. Each of the many actors in an agriculture value chain has different needs, objectives, strengths and weaknesses. With women accounting for...
    MEAS Agriculture Extension Gender Equality

  7. Linking Smallholder Farmers to Markets

    2015-04-28 Recent growth in global commodity prices, as well as expansion of domestic and export markets among emerging economies, translates to new and better opportunities for smallholder farmers in the developing world to access these markets. Increased production of high value horticulture crops in...
    Market Opportunities MEAS Agriculture Extension

  8. Information and Communication Technology Options for Agriculture Extension in Developing Countries

    2015-05-13 As extension programs must increasingly accomplish more with less, information and communication technology (ICT) can be utilized to ensure that vital information continues to reach rural agriculture communities in developing countries. This document, drawn from MEAS / USAID Brief # 1: Options...
    Information and Co... MEAS

  9. TN #83 Agriculture Extension with Community-Level Workers

    Key Resource
    2015-11-04 Active learning and exchange of knowledge are key to farmer adoption of beneficial agricultural innovations. Community health worker (CHW) and community animal health worker (CAHW) programs have led to a rich body of knowledge about extension, much of which is applicable to efforts aimed towards...
    MEAS Agriculture Extension Community Development CHW CAHW Community Health

  10. Effective Use of Lecture in Agriculture Extension

    2015-05-29 The lecture is one of the oldest and most widely used methods of teaching. In agriculture extension, field agents often use lectures as a method to share information with farmers. However, many lecturers are ineffective because they do not properly prepare and structure their presentations. Drawn...
    MEAS Agriculture Extension