Effectiveness of public and private sector agricultural extension: Implications for privatisation in Pakistan
Effectiveness of public and private sector agricultural extension: Implications for privatisation in Pakistan
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公共和私营部门农业推广的有效性：对巴基斯坦私有化的影响
DOI：
10.1080/13892240285300131
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发表时间：
2002
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通讯作者：
Munir Ahmad
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作者：
A. Davidson;Munir Ahmad
全世界对公共部门提供农业推广服务的能力和能力表示严重的保留意见，特别是在巴基斯坦等面临严重财政困难的发展中国家。因此，政府正在寻找具有成本效益和面向客户的替代扩展范例。为此，巴基斯坦政府倾向于将农业推广服务私有化，作为推动第二次“绿色革命”的一种手段。本研究在旁遮普省的棉农中进行，以检验利益相关者认为的公共和私营部门推广的比较有效性。从两个推广系统的52名联系农民中收集了数据。在这两个系统中都发现了一些偏差;也就是说，比起没有联系的农民，他们更倾向于接受更好的教育和拥有更多土地的农民。总的来说，这两个系统似乎都没有为更广泛的农业社区的利益工作。
Worldwide serious reservations are being expressed about the ability and competency of the public sector to deliver agricultural extension services, especially in developing countries such as Pakistan which is faced with serious financial difficulties. Consequently, the government is looking for alternative extension paradigms that are cost-effective and client-oriented. To this end the government of Pakistan is inclined towards privatizing the provision of agricultural extension services as a means to promote a second ‘Green Revolution’. This study was conducted among cotton farmers in the Punjab Province to examine the comparative effectiveness of public and private sector extension as perceived from the stakeholders. Data were collected from 52 contact farmers of both extension systems. A number of biases were identified in both systems; namely, a preference for farmers with better education and larger landholdings than their noncontact farmer counterparts. Overall, neither system appears to be working for the benefit of the wider farming community.