Innovations in rural extension : case studies from Bangladesh / edited by Paul Van Mele, Ahmad Salahuddin and Noel P. Magor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mele, Paul van.

Ahmad, Salahuddin.

Magor, Noel P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty Elimination through Rice Research Assistance (Project).

Rural extension--Bangladesh--Case studies.

Rural extension.

Rural development--Bangladesh--Case studies.

Rural development.

Agricultural extension work.

Rural conditions.

Bangladesh--Rural conditions--Case studies.

Bangladesh.

Agricultural extension work--Bangladesh--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xxi, 307 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 color map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., [2005]

Summary:

From 1999 to 2004 the Petrra (Poverty Elimination Through Rice Research Assistance) project explored the development of innovative extension mechanisms through a learning by doing process with multiple service providers. Partnerships linked government, non-government and private sectors as appropriate. Topics addressed by the project include seed production, marketing and distribution systems, crop and soil fertility management, postharvest technologies, mobile pumps, aromatic rice and integrated rice-duck farming. The methods used include women-led group extension, whole family approach, participatory video, Going Public and picture songs. This book examines these approaches to extension and assesses their potential for replicability and scaling-up. It includes four thematic sections with people-centred case studies and a conclusion with practical applications of the transaction cost theory. This highly original volume will interest a wide range of readers concerned with agricultural extension and rural development.

Contents:

1 New road map / Paul Van Mele 3

Documentation 3

Learning with Petrra 4

Pathways out of poverty 6

Changing directions 8

Part II Gender

2 The right to learn: women want more agricultural advice / Thelma Paris, Shaila Arifa Nabi, Ahmad Salahuddin, Noel P. Magor 15

Incorporating gender concerns 16

Needs assessment and constraints analysis 16

Call for concept notes and the Petrra approach to gender 17

Enhancing men's and women's knowledge and skills 18

Testing and validating technologies with farmers 19

Testing different types of trainers and groups 20

Testing learning tools with women 22

What women learnt 23

Major lessons from working with women 25

3 Breaking down barriers: village women spread the word / Helen Latifun Nessa, Paul Van Mele 29

4 Family approach in extension / Harun-Ar-Rashid 41

5 Bringing science to life: video development for women-to-women extension / Paul Van Mele, A. K. M. Zakaria, Rina Nasrin, Basanti Chakroborty, MD. Mojaherul Haque, Josephine Rodgers 49

Part III Learning with rural communities

6 Creative learning methods / Jeffery W. Bentley, Paul Van Mele 63

Bidding and learning with Petrra 65

Petrra case studies 67

Watch and learn 68

Village soil fertility maps 69

Going public 69

Picture songs 70

New directions in farmer training 71

In each sub-project staff learnt something from farmers 71

Learning content: appropriate technologies 72

Methods: face-to-face and the media 72

Marrying methods to content 73

Mixing methods 73

7 Watch and learn: video education for appropriate technology / Paul Van Mele, A. K. M. Zakaria, Jeffery W. Bentley 77

8 Village soil fertility maps / Mohammad Abu Saleque, Harun-Ar-Rashid, Paul Van Mele, Jeffery W. Bentley 89

9 Going Public: a quick way to interact with communities / Paula Nash, Paul Van Mele 103

10 Picture songs / Jeffery W. Bentley, Mostafa Nuruzzaman, Qazi W. Nawaz, MD. Rafiqul Haque 115

Part IV Enterprise webs

11 The enterprise web / Noel P. Magor 127

The enterprise web: a holistic tool 128

A generic example of an enterprise web 128

The enterprise web as an explanatory and micro-analytical tool 130

Selection and documentation of case studies 132

Integrated rice-duck production 134

Manufacturing and marketing mobile pumps 135

Producing, processing and marketing aromatic rice 136

Insights from the use of the enterprise web 136

Learning about process 136

In pro-poor extension social capital is critical 137

Introducing the concept of governance 137

Challenges for the enterprise web as a tool 138

Achieving rigor in visualising the enterprise web 138

Committing resources 138

Extension method costing 139

Unfreezing the culture to go solo 139

12 Integrated rice-duck: a new farming system for Bangladesh / Malik Anwar Khan, Gazi Jashim Uddin Ahmed, Noel P. Magor, Ahmad Salahuddin 143

13 Pump it up: developing a pro-poor mobile pump market / Badrul Alam, Noel P. Magor, Paul Van Mele 157

14 Adding flavour: a value chain approach for aromatic rice / M. Hassanullah, MD. Abdus Salam, Salim Ahmed, Noel P. Magor 169

Part V Pro-poor seed systems

15 Innovations in seed systems / Solveig Danielsen, MD. Khairul Bashar, Mark Holderness 185

The challenge 186

Historical context 186

PETRRA case studies 187

Varieties and seed-based technologies 189

Rice biodiversity 189

Identifying appropriate technologies 190

Demand and farmer awareness 190

Recognising the value of good seed 191

Assuring timely supply of affordable seed 191

Farm-saved seed: scope for improvements 192

Matching seed and outlet markets - the long-term perspective 193

Quality assurance 193

Communication and partnerships 194

Maintaining the incentives 196

Farmers 196

NGOs 197

Private sector 198

Government institutions 198

16 More is more: validating rice varieties with NGOs and poor farmers / Musherraf Husain 203

17 Building a rice seed network / MD. Khairul Bashar, Ahmad Salahuddin, Paul Van Mele 209

18 Farmseed: putting farmers at the heart of the seed system / Paul Van Mele 221

19 Grameen seed: Grameen experiments with a pro-poor seed business / Paul Van Mele, Ahmad Salahuddin, MD. Abdul Jabbar 233

20 Innovating with federations: community institutions take the lead in seed marketing / Syed Samsuzzaman, Paul Van Mele 245

Part VI Synthesis

21 People and pro-poor innovation systems / Paul Van Mele, Ahmad Salahuddin, Noel P. Magor 257

Extension, complexity and poverty 257

People matter 258

Extension policy and public sector 258

Donors and flexibility 260

Projects, service providers and potential champions 261

Reaching rural women: policy and reality 263

Transaction costs: bringing people into economics 264

Transaction costs in pro-poor service delivery 265

Vertical integration or strategic networks 267

Diversity of service providers 267

Multiple actors: competing or complementing? 268

Local government 270

Learning networks and forums 270

Multiple extension and learning methods 273

Transaction costs in receiving extension services 273

Learning from farmer field schools 274

Other methods: going to scale 276

Multiple learning tools 281

Innovation systems research 284

Unfinished business 284

Administrative units in Bangladesh 300

Map of Bangladesh 300.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0851990282

OCLC:

57124475