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Improving the Delivery of Extension Services in the Philippines: Lessons Learned and Future Directions

Philippine Journal of Public Administration

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Title Improving the Delivery of Extension Services in the Philippines: Lessons Learned and Future Directions
 
Creator Ocenar, Remigio D
Brillantes Jr., Alex B
Cuthbertson, Sandy
Tumanut, Michael A
 
Subject Public administration
Extension services
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Description Agricultural productivity improvements are essential for achieving overall economic growth. The Philippine performance on both counts has been disappointing. Agricultural extension which is one way of improving productivity has undergone substantial change in the last thirteen years through devolution under the Local Government Code of 1991. Whether devolution has improved agricultural extension delivery is a key question. Devolution generally has yielded some positive outcomes: cooperation between local government units (LGUs) and with the private sector and nongovernment organizations (NGOs); recognition of the realities of globalization; and use of modern management and communication. But problems of capacity building, partisan local politics and uncertain lines of financial and decisionmaking accountability between central and local government remain. These general lessons apply to agricultural extension. Moreover, even the best extension service, whether delivered by local or central government, is unlikely to be effective where farmer decisionmaking is unduly influenced by government controls and pricing policies and where security of tenure is weak.

Philippines Journal of Public Administration Vol.XLVIII(3) 2004
 
Publisher National College of Public Administration - University of the Philippines Diliman
 
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Date 2008-07-22
 
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Identifier http://www.philjol.info/philjol/index.php/PJPA/article/view/472
10.3860/pjpa.v48i3.472
 
Source Philippine Journal of Public Administration; Vol 48, No 3 (2004)
 
Language en
 
Coverage Philippines
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