Author: Universidad del Valle de México
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 129
Book Description
Plan operativo anual, 1997
Author: Universidad del Valle de México
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 129
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 129
Book Description
Appendices 1997 Annual Report IICA
The Cost and Performance of Paid Agricultural Extension Services
Author: Ariel Dinar
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural extension work
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
Experience in Nicaragua with paid extension services-also known as private, commercial, or cofinanced extension services-shows that even poor farmers are willing to pay for a service that improves their economic efficiency and ability to earn a living. Budgets for extension services have been reduced in many countries. One response to these reductions in public services in some countries has been to privatize extension services-with extension services provided, for a fee, by either public agencies or private companies. Under the new approach, producers become clients instead of beneficiaries. Dinar and Keynan examine ways to measure the cost of providing paid-extension services and its performance and apply these indicators to data on Nicaragua, where paid extension has existed for several years. Data were insufficient to compare the quality of privately and publicly provided extension services, but available data suggest that the costs of extension have declined over time. Results suggest that paid extension is feasible and has a positive impact, even in a relatively poor country such as Nicaragua. The national system for agricultural technology-transfer services was redesigned to include three main modules: * Mass media and free demonstrations. * Cofinanced extension services. * Private extension services. The relatively high cost recovery rates in Nicaragua and the economic performance of the two paid programs show that even poor farmers are willing to pay for a service that improves their economic efficiency and ability to earn a living. To the surprise of everyone involved, Nicaragua's producer clients understood that without cost-sharing, the system would not endure. This paper-a joint product of the Sector Leadership Group, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, and the Rural Development Department-is part of a larger effort in the Bank to implement policies in the context of the Agricultural Technology and Land Management Project in Nicaragua. The authors may be contacted at [email protected] and [email protected].
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural extension work
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
Experience in Nicaragua with paid extension services-also known as private, commercial, or cofinanced extension services-shows that even poor farmers are willing to pay for a service that improves their economic efficiency and ability to earn a living. Budgets for extension services have been reduced in many countries. One response to these reductions in public services in some countries has been to privatize extension services-with extension services provided, for a fee, by either public agencies or private companies. Under the new approach, producers become clients instead of beneficiaries. Dinar and Keynan examine ways to measure the cost of providing paid-extension services and its performance and apply these indicators to data on Nicaragua, where paid extension has existed for several years. Data were insufficient to compare the quality of privately and publicly provided extension services, but available data suggest that the costs of extension have declined over time. Results suggest that paid extension is feasible and has a positive impact, even in a relatively poor country such as Nicaragua. The national system for agricultural technology-transfer services was redesigned to include three main modules: * Mass media and free demonstrations. * Cofinanced extension services. * Private extension services. The relatively high cost recovery rates in Nicaragua and the economic performance of the two paid programs show that even poor farmers are willing to pay for a service that improves their economic efficiency and ability to earn a living. To the surprise of everyone involved, Nicaragua's producer clients understood that without cost-sharing, the system would not endure. This paper-a joint product of the Sector Leadership Group, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, and the Rural Development Department-is part of a larger effort in the Bank to implement policies in the context of the Agricultural Technology and Land Management Project in Nicaragua. The authors may be contacted at [email protected] and [email protected].
Evaluation of Experience with Conservative Trust Funds
Author:
Publisher: GEF Evaluation Office
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
Publisher: GEF Evaluation Office
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
Environment and Urbanization
Author: International Institute for Environment & Development
Publisher: IIED
ISBN: 9781843692232
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Publisher: IIED
ISBN: 9781843692232
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Plan operativo anual, 95
Author: Universidad del Valle de México
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 123
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 123
Book Description
From Defense to Development?
Author: Sean M. DiGiovanna
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134351437
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
This impressive book tracks the progress of twelve countries on five continents in moving resources from defense to civilian activity in the 1990's. Based on intensive field research, thanks to its truly international array of contributors, the book addresses each country with an impressive standard of scholarship. This accessible book is written i
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134351437
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
This impressive book tracks the progress of twelve countries on five continents in moving resources from defense to civilian activity in the 1990's. Based on intensive field research, thanks to its truly international array of contributors, the book addresses each country with an impressive standard of scholarship. This accessible book is written i
Evaluation of the Development Cooperation Between Norway and Nicaragua
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance, Norwegian
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance, Norwegian
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Plan operativo anual
Author: Universidad del Valle de México
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 54
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 54
Book Description