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http://dx.doi.org/10.12653/jecd.2014.21.1.0245

Present and Future of Agricultural Extension System in Uganda  

Oumo, Florence Imaikorit (National Semi - Arid Resource Research Institute (NaSARRI) - SERERE)
Cho, Gyoung-Rae (Division of International Collaboration, Rural Development Administration)
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Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development / v.21, no.1, 2014 , pp. 245-272 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to explore the present and future of agricultural extension system in Uganda. Though Uganda has used many approaches in its agricultural extension, very little has been registered in farm productivity and profitability. Too many reforms some of them some are top-down while others are bottom - up. In most cases these reforms may not be given a chance to develop to show their impact. Future success of agricultural extension and rural development efforts in Uganda will depend not only on the presence of technical expertise and availability of resources but also on each government's willingness to redefine the role of its institutions and to allow the active participation of rural people in formulating and implementing and agricultural extension and rural development programs. As result the public extension systems in Uganda needs to be demand-driven so to make it relevant and important to the beneficiary.
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Agricultural Extension; Uganda;
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