Privitization and the Crisis of Agricultural Extension
Subtitle: The Case of Pakistan (King's Soas Studies in Development Geography)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: July 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780754632740
Subjects: Industries - General; Business / Economics / Finance; Business & Economics; Business/Economics; Pakistan; Agricultural science; Agriculture & related industries; Capitalist or free market economies; Economic geography; India; Industries - Agribusiness; Agricultural extension work
First sentence: Many factors contribute towards the development of agriculture, including knowledge as an institutional input.
Description: "The public sector plays a dominant international role in the provision of agricultural extension and services. In recent years this role has been the subject of much debate. Some argue for extension's privatization, claiming that a market driven system provides the most rational and efficient means of information delivery."

"Based on extensive empirical research from the Punjab (Pakistan), this distinctive volume examines the comparative effectiveness of public and private extension services from the perspective of farmers. It also focuses on information from extension agents about their respective organizations and work environments. In so doing, the book expands and elaborates on the practical considerations of privatization and information delivery. It then broadens out into a discussion of alternative means of extension delivery, focusing on participatory approaches, education theory and pluralism."--Jacket.