Decentralization of Agricultural Extension Services in Korea

지방화와 농촌지도사업

  • Song, Yong-Sup (Extension Planning Division, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Choi, Min-Ho (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
  • 송용섭 (농촌진흥청 지도기획과) ;
  • 최민호 (서울대학교 농업생명과학대학)
  • Published : 1995.12.31

Abstract

The objective of this study is to provide direction for agricultural extension services in an age of localization. Agricultural extension services has carried out most of its activities by central direction and control. The central planning and management resulted in disappointment, inflexibility, and lack of responsiveness of the central bureaucracy. Facing localization in recent years, the extension system has not been satisfactorily developed to meet local demands. Korea has to choose to decentralize its extension services. The decentralization of extension services involves the transfer of planning, decision making, and management from the central government to the local level.

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