Are agricultural extension systems ready to scale up ecological intensification in East Africa? A literature review with particular attention to the Push-Pull Technology …

E Isgren, Y Clough, A Murage, E Andersson - Food security, 2023 - Springer
Agricultural extension, or advisory services, have a key role to play in supporting farmers'
learning and adoption of new practices and technologies. This paper analyses gaps and …

Gender dynamics in seed systems: an integrative review of seed promotion interventions in Africa

B Kramer, C Trachtman - Food Security, 2024 - Springer
Gender gaps in adoption of high-quality seeds of improved varieties persist in Sub-Saharan
Africa, despite the implementation of various seed promotion interventions aimed at …

Information acquisition and the adoption of improved crop varieties

A Abdulai - American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Inadequate information on the benefits of and knowledge about innovative agricultural
technologies continue to be a major constraint to technology adoption among smallholder …

An economic effect assessment of extension services of agricultural extension model sites for the irrigated wheat production in Iran

M Shokati Amghani, M Mojtahedi, M Savari - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Agricultural extension is a key policy to accomplish sustainable agricultural development by
improving farmers' knowledge. Agricultural Extension Model Sites (AEMSs) is a new …

Effects of agricultural extension system on promoting conservation agriculture in Shaanxi Plain, China

L Fan, Y Ge, H Niu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the service quality of the agricultural extension system (AES) and its role in
promoting conservation agriculture (CA) is crucial to enhancing farmers' response to climate …

[HTML][HTML] Farmers' precision pesticide technology adoption and its influencing factors: Evidence from apple production areas in China

YUE Meng, WJ Li, JIN Shan, C Jing, Q Chang… - Journal of Integrative …, 2023 - Elsevier
The research aimed to understand farmers' willingness to adopt (WTA) and willingness to
pay (WTP) for precision pesticide technologies and analyzed the determinants of farmers' …

The effects of advisory services and technology channeling on farm yields and technical efficiency of wheat farmers in Ethiopia

A Yitayew, A Abdulai, YA Yigezu - Food Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Improving the performance of low-productivity smallholder farmers is a pathway with great
potential for reducing poverty and enhancing food security and nutrition in sub-Saharan …

Impact of aquaculture training on farmers' income: Cluster randomized controlled trial evidence in Ghana

C Ragasa, S Amewu, SK Agyakwah… - Agricultural …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aquaculture in Ghana is experiencing tremendous growth, led mainly by large‐scale
commercial cage operators. A major objective of the government and its partners is to …

Impact of adoption of better management practices and nutrition-sensitive training on the productivity, livelihoods and food security of small-scale aquaculture …

EB Dompreh, CM Rossignoli, D Griffiths, Q Wang… - Food Security, 2024 - Springer
Small-scale aquaculture is a major source of food in Myanmar. Beyond its importance for
food security and nutrition, small-scale aquaculture contributes to the livelihoods of many …

Farmer personality and community-based extension effectiveness in Tanzania

J Farris, MK Maredia, NM Mason, DL Ortega - World Development, 2024 - Elsevier
Community-based extension relies on social relationships with farmers to increase the trust
in and effectiveness of extension activities. Personality traits play an important role in social …