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Paper examines Mozambique’s current move towards the development of a pluralistic national system of rural extension. The Government’s present agricultural policy framework has resulted in the development of a National Extension Master Plan that calls for the advancement of an Integrated National Extension System (SISNE). SISNE envisages an institutionally diversified system of extension, utilising both public sector and private sector extension providers to disseminate agricultural information to farmers. This diversified system is to be promoted in part through an outsourcing initiative in two districts of two different provinces, Nampula and Zambezia. This paper has two purposes. The first is to examine the problems and challenges that confront Mozambique’s public sector extension service in developing a pluralistic extension system. The second purpose is to consider the consequent role of the public sector and its responsibilities as both a provider of public sector extension services and as a coordinator, overseer and regulator of private sector provision. The paper concludes with a consideration of the meaning of Mozambique’s move towards a pluralistic national rural extension system both for its own purposes and the development of similar purposes in other developing countries Research findings: Outsourcing provides the principal avenue for private sector organisations to become involved in agricultural extension provision. However, there are four main problems in developing a pluralistic system of rural extension in Mozambique- although NGOs are well-placed to deliver extension services, the majority of such NGOs in Mozambique are relatively young and have varied geographical coverage
- apart from a few instances, there is little collaboration between public and private extension providers
- there are very few known examples of farmer organisations presently involved in agricultural extension
- Joint Venture Companies tend to provide an extension service only for commercial crops with an orientation that is quite different from that of governmental and non-governmental organisations
Policy implications: - for the effective development of a pluralistic extension system, the goals of a public sector extension delivery service must be reviewed and clarified
- the management capacity of the public sector must be enhanced for it to fulfil its new role as coordinator, overseer and regulator of private sector extension delivery services
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| The need to see technology transfer in a holistic light |
| By Hall, A.; Clark, N.; Taylor, S. and Sulaiman , V. R., 2001 |
| Produced by: Agricultural Research and Extension Network (AgREN) |
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| Countries: India |
| Themes: Development Finance & Aid Effectiveness, Environment and Climate Change, Information & Communications Technology (ICT), Macroeconomics and Economic Growth, Private Sector Development, Urban Development and the Global South |
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