Group 3 Government Bodies, Technical Assistance Agencies, Donors The objectives and outputs as stated are acceptable in terms of direction, however, they assume too much of an hierarchical structure. Instead, all three identified groups, i.e. recipients, transfer intermediaries, and source institutions play several roles at the same time.
Farmers create and spread knowledge and influence issues.
They receive methods and procedures. Suppliers should be influenced by all these perspectives. However, knowledge and concerns about policy issues should flow from farmers to wider audience and can be significantly enhanced by electronic media. Tsedeke Abate I want to point out that there is an assumption that there is already a package of information that is ready to be transferred for use electronically. While it is true that research results and farmers knowledge are available, we should not treat the question of developing and refining appropriate IPM info and technology lightly.