An Approach to Understand Rural Advisory Services in a Decentralised Setting
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
3.1. Public Sector
3.2. Private Sector
3.3. Non-Government Organisations
3.4. Community Level Enterprise
3.5. Media
3.6. Academic
4. Discussion
4.1. Highlighting Decentralisation Issues
4.2. Highlighting an Initiative’s Position and Durability in a System
4.3. Recommendations for Advisory Services
4.4. Approach Considerations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Background Information | National Workshop | Local Workshop | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Total | Districts | ||
Jhang | Bahawalpur | |||
Number of respondents | 25 | 19 | 10 | 9 |
Number of men | 25 | 17 | 8 | 9 |
Number of women | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Number of groups | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
Number of all male groups | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Number of all female groups | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Number of high-level decision makers | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Number of middle level workers | 6 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
Number of low-level workers | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Number of post graduate education holders | 25 | 12 | 6 | 6 |
Number of graduate education holders | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Number of diploma holders | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Number of different departments represented | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Median years of experience in extension | N/A | 13.5 | 16 | 11 |
Average years of experience in extension | N/A | 14 | 16 | 12 |
Categorisation of Sector | National Workshop | Local Workshop | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Name of Stakeholder | Number | Name of Stakeholder | Number | |
Public services | FDPP; FSC; MNFSR; PARC; CDRI; PDEAR; PDAR; PDPW; PDAI; PDWM; PDAEM; PDCRS; NAPIS | 13 | PDEAR; PDAR; PDPW; PDAI; Agricultural Research Farms; Government Nurseries | 6 |
Semi-autonomous bodies | PSC; PCCC; SRC | 3 | 0 | |
Private sector | Private sector; PHDEC | 2 | Pesticide companies/dealers; Fertiliser companies/dealers; Seed Companies | 5 |
Non-governmental | NGO/CSO; CABI/Plantwise | 2 | NGO/CSO; WWF; CABI; NRSP | 4 |
Community led | Farmer organisations | 1 | Community Leader; Farmer to farmer; farmer organisations | 3 |
Academic | Universities | 1 | Universities | 1 |
Media | Print and electronic media | 1 | Radio; television; Print media; Help call centres | 4 |
Other | Diagnostic Laboratories; Provincial agriculture departments | 2 | Plant Clinics; Plant Doctors | 2 |
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Lamontagne-Godwin, J.; Dorward, P.; Ali, I.; Aslam, N.; Cardey, S. An Approach to Understand Rural Advisory Services in a Decentralised Setting. Soc. Sci. 2019, 8, 103. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8030103
Lamontagne-Godwin J, Dorward P, Ali I, Aslam N, Cardey S. An Approach to Understand Rural Advisory Services in a Decentralised Setting. Social Sciences. 2019; 8(3):103. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8030103
Chicago/Turabian StyleLamontagne-Godwin, Julien, Peter Dorward, Irshad Ali, Naeem Aslam, and Sarah Cardey. 2019. "An Approach to Understand Rural Advisory Services in a Decentralised Setting" Social Sciences 8, no. 3: 103. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8030103