• Title/Summary/Keyword: Agricultural Extension Service

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Vision and Developmental Tasks for Korea Agricultural Extension Services for the 21 st Century (21 세기 한국 농촌지도사업의 비전과 발전과제)

  • Lee, Soo-Chul;Lee, Chae-Shik
    • Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.101-119
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    • 2000

  • Agricultural Extension Services in Korea have accomplished a significant role in self- sufficiency of rice, a national staple food, through green revolution in 1970's; supplying green vegetables even during the winter season through white revolution in 1980's; and establishing technical agriculture by organizing rural leaders and 4-H members. In 1990s changes were made in international situations under the Uruguay Round multilateral trade negotiations and inauguration of the World Trade Organization. This was followed by localization of the extension staffs and the functions of extension services in Korea changed dramatically from national government to local governments. Thus, a weakened national function resulted in loosening of the linkages of research and extension in central government and local extension offices. Difficulties were reported in diffusion of new agricultural technology and efficient management of extension personnel. Developmental tasks for better extension services for the 21st century in Korea would include recovering national functions of agricultural extension, and developing a new paradigm for extension service. This should include the following measures; 1) Cooperative extension service should be adapted to involve national as well as local governments and non-government organization. 2) The target groups for extension services should be expanded to include farmers, noel residents as well as urban consumers. 3) The role of the extension service should cover agricultural technological diffusion of innovations as well as managerial skills and leadership development for rural organizations. 4) Extension services should be introduced to small farmers as well as consultation services for advanced farms. Diversified approaches should be employed for mama effective services. 5) Pre-service as well as in-service education should be offered to secure better extension educators equipped with knowledge, understanding and abilities on agricultural technology, information, agricultural philosophy, instructional methods and communication skills.

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Paradigm Shift for the 21st Century of Knowledge Information Era and Measures for Activating Agricultural Extension Services (21 세기 지식정보화시대 패러다임 전환과 농촌지도사업 활력화 방안)

  • Kim, Jin-Goon;Park, Sung-Joon
    • Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.279-288
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    • 2000

  • Agricultural extension services in Korea are faced with increasing demands for more efficient production and managerial technology according to globalization and free trade system. At the same time, three steps of organizational restructuring in 1998 and 1999 resulted in decreased number of organization and manpower, thus, resulting confusion in implementing extension services. To cope with the international and national challenges, Korean agricultural extension services should try paradigm shift including the followings; 1. To establish identity of agricultural extension services in Korea through making laws and regulations in terms of concept, roles, principles. implementation and methods. 2. To implement vitalizations plan through enhancement of national extension service such as food production. raising local specialty products for domestic consumption and producing strategic agricultural products for export. expanding capability of rural women, increasing opportunity for management consultation, supporting digital technology information, and promoting morale and capability of extension educators. 3. To reform agricultural extension system through adjusting the functions of extension service of the Rural Development Administration, regionalizing city and county extension center to provincial level, and changing the status of directors of extension centers from city /county to national government.

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Situation and Outlook of Direction of Taiwan Rural Extension Work (태만(台灣)의 농촌지도(農村指導) 사업(事業)의 현황(現況)과 전망(展望))

  • Kim, Jae-Ki
    • Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.133-146
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    • 1994

  • The Rural Extension Service of Taiwan is consist of two different system. The one is the public enterprise centered project and the other is government or agricultural cooperative centered project. But, in the long tern, the whole Rural Extension Service will eventually develop into two distinctive forms, the diversifed technology oriented one and integrated extension service oriented one.

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