Knowledge & skills ; remuneration/facilitation (2)  Skills, knowledge, facilitation (2)  Not technically equipped and well versed with the current agricultural trends (8+9)   Basic extension methodologies with emphasis on adult learning skills; need for clear and usual friendly visual aids (training material for farmers) (2,4,8,9)     Use of participatory M&E tools to track progress especially LG extension agents (4)  Most of the expertise and skills are just kept on the shelves – not shared (8+9)   Lack of skills of extension staff/workers (4)  Specialization; narrowing to particular crop and doing it exhaustively to the satisfaction of the farmers (8)  At times lack of modern technologies from research and other industries (8, 9, 10)    Lack of professional body to regulate and monitor activities of extension workers (4+6)   New technologies in place other than books; sharing innovations by farmers (8+9)   The ratio of extension staff to farmers is still very low (8+9)   There is training gap in new innovations i.e. latest agricultural research (2)  Poor facilitation in terms of transport and information management; lack of unified extension approach/methodologies (2, 3,8)    Knowledge and skills; entrepreneurship skills; poor attitude and commitment to work (4)  Adequate facilitation is lacking (2)  Low remuneration for service providers; political interference by non knowledgeable members; limited transport for mobility to reach farmers (2,3,9)    Facilitation right to grassroots level lacking (3)  Funding to extension officers not enough – there will never be enough to reach every farmers – we need to stop thinking in terms of traditional extension - is more ICT, try to reach more people (4,5,6)    Emerging knowledge and direction (2)  Update on emerging issues (value chain development, climate change, gender, equity and inclusion, and facilitation skills) (4+6)   Big gap between the rural farmer and the extension worker; paying farmer to receive money for extension services should be stopped because extension is finally given to wrong people (4)  Policy makers – Parliamentarians 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Minimal time and involvement in activities (4)  To be supportive of the objectives of AEAS (2)  Little funding to agric sector (2)  Involvement (5)  Political attribution (2)  business
Publications 2 W/Shops/Meetings 2 Newsletters 2 Print Media 3 Website 4 Regular For a 1 * Brochure – 1, TV – 1,1, 1,1, Publications – 1,1, w/shops/meetings – 1,1, Newsletter – 1, 1 Print media – 1,1,1, website – 1, 1, 1,1, Regular fo a – 1, Section D: Information about yourself. Place a check next to all that apply. Sector Tick where applicable Location (District) Policymaker Government/Public 2,3,4,5,6,9,11,12,15,19,25, 26,27,29,32,33,35,40 Mbarara,Apac, Tororo, Jinja, Soroti,Lira, Lira,Kampala, Tororo, Entebbe, Kampala, Kampala, Dokolo,Tororo, Jinja,Mukono Private, For-Profit Private, Non-Profit (civil society) 1, 16, 17, 18,20, 22,28,41, 42 Soroti, Bushenyi, Kampala, Mbale, Lira, Mbarara Academia 7,8,38, Kampala, Kampala, Research 28,41 Mukono, Kampala Media Farmer Organization 10,13,14,21,23,24,30,39, Lira, Mbarara, Soroti,Mukono,Mbarara, Farmer 10,14,30,31,36, Bugiri,Luwero, Soroti, Development Partner Other (specify)