Fiscal sustainability of agricultural extension: the case of the farmer field school approach (English)

Agricultural extension programs or pilots based on the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach are being implemented in many developing countries in Asia and Africa. Evidence from the Philippines and Indonesia, two key areas in implementing this extension effort, shows that fiscal unsustainability of the FFS if applied on a large scale is a risk that cannot be ignored. Because of high costs per trained farmer, the amount of funding for extension in the...

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Feder,Gershon;

Murgai,Rinku;

Quizon,Jaime B.;
Document Date
2001/03/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
28213
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Fiscal sustainability of agricultural extension: the case of the farmer field school approach
Keywords
farmer

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Feder,Gershon; Murgai,Rinku; Quizon,Jaime B..

Fiscal sustainability of agricultural extension: the case of the farmer field school approach (English). Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/343821468762891930

Fiscal sustainability of agricultural extension: the case of the farmer field school approach (English)

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