Government intervention programmes through extension to improve agricultural research and extension services in communal areas of Namibia : a review / B. Thomas

Public ISBD Accompagne Towards improving agricultural extension service delivery in the SADC region / W.H. Kimaro Titre : Government intervention programmes through extension to improve agricultural research and extension services in communal areas of Namibia : a review Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : B. Thomas ; L.M. Lucas ; M.M. Hangula Editeur : SADC Année de publication : 2010 Importance : p 47-55 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : SCIENCES AGRICOLES Mots-clés : NAMIBIE  AGRICULTURE EXTENSIVE  RECHERCHE AGRICOLE  DEVELOPPEMENT AGRICOLE Résumé : Agricultural development lies at the heart of income generation, poverty reduction and food security of most developing countries including Namibia. The namibian agricultural sector has a dual system comprising a well developed, capital intensive and export oriented commercial sub-sector and a subsistence-based communal farming sub-sector, low in technology and external inputs and highly labour intensive. Agriculture supports about 70 percent of the country’s population, however , the capacity of a farming system to adapt to changing weather and climate conditions is based on its natural resource endowment and associated economic, social, technology and political conditions. The paper discussed the theoretical framework for the interface between research and extension. The aim of this study is to assess agricultural research and extension activities in Namibia that aim at improving rural households’ livelihood in the globally-changing environment. The presentation will be illustrated by many examples from the realms of crop and livestock production including seed multiplication, soil fertility, conservation tillage, animal draft power and livestock improvement schemes. The study found sufficient evidence that some research-extension strategies being employed are relatively successful. The main challenge remains to strength national agricultural resaerch system with an appropriate institutional and coordinating structure, focusing on decentralised adaptive research and on farm trials. Numéro du document : A 9965/F00129 Niveau Bibliographique : 2 Bull1 (Theme principale) : SCIENCES ET PRODUCTION VEGETALES Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : SYSTEMES ET MODES DE CULTURE Accompagne Towards improving agricultural extension service delivery in the SADC region / W.H. Kimaro Government intervention programmes through extension to improve agricultural research and extension services in communal areas of Namibia : a review [texte imprimé] / B. Thomas ; L.M. Lucas ; M.M. Hangula . - SADC, 2010 . - p 47-55. Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : SCIENCES AGRICOLES Mots-clés : NAMIBIE  AGRICULTURE EXTENSIVE  RECHERCHE AGRICOLE  DEVELOPPEMENT AGRICOLE Résumé : Agricultural development lies at the heart of income generation, poverty reduction and food security of most developing countries including Namibia. The namibian agricultural sector has a dual system comprising a well developed, capital intensive and export oriented commercial sub-sector and a subsistence-based communal farming sub-sector, low in technology and external inputs and highly labour intensive. Agriculture supports about 70 percent of the country’s population, however , the capacity of a farming system to adapt to changing weather and climate conditions is based on its natural resource endowment and associated economic, social, technology and political conditions. The paper discussed the theoretical framework for the interface between research and extension. The aim of this study is to assess agricultural research and extension activities in Namibia that aim at improving rural households’ livelihood in the globally-changing environment. The presentation will be illustrated by many examples from the realms of crop and livestock production including seed multiplication, soil fertility, conservation tillage, animal draft power and livestock improvement schemes. The study found sufficient evidence that some research-extension strategies being employed are relatively successful. The main challenge remains to strength national agricultural resaerch system with an appropriate institutional and coordinating structure, focusing on decentralised adaptive research and on farm trials. Numéro du document : A 9965/F00129 Niveau Bibliographique : 2 Bull1 (Theme principale) : SCIENCES ET PRODUCTION VEGETALES Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : SYSTEMES ET MODES DE CULTURE

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