Devi Prasad Juvvadi, P Chandra Shekara

Governance of Agricultural Extension and Advisory Systems

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Produktbeschreibung

Country Specific Article : 1. Training in the Rural Kenya: Technoserve Approach of Extension 2. Huduma Centres: A One Stop Platform for Service Delivery in Kenya 3. Common Interest Group: An Approach to Control Infectious Bursal Disease among Poultry Farmers in Kenya 4. Aeroponics Technique for Seed Potato Production- A Case of Kisima Private Farm in Kenya 5. Delivery of Poultry Extension Services in Kenya: A Case of Winnie Kuku Afya Poultry Farm 6. Sustainability of Aquaculture (Fish Farming Programme) in Migori County, Kenya 7. Contracted Agricultural Extension Delivery Model in Kenya 8. Table Banking: An Innovation in Empowering Rural Women in Agriculture in Kenya 9. M-PESA: Harnessing the Potential of Mobile Money Transfer Platforms to Enhance Agricultural Value Chains in Kenya 10. Challenges in the Fisheries Sector of Liberia 11. Effects of Ebola on Agriculture Cooperatives in Liberia and the Way by Which it Was Dealt With 12. Management and Governance in Liberia 13. Tackling Challenge in Liberia Agricultural Extension Services 14. Impact of Farm Input Subsidy Program on People's Livelihood in Malawi 15. Model Village Concept in Malawi 16. Resource Centres in Malawi 17. Plant Health Clinics as An Innovation in Agricultural Extension Service Delivery in Malawi 18. Impact of Agricultural Cooperatives in Malawi's Economy 19. Enhancing Good Governance in Implementation of Agricultural Extension System in Malawi 20. Farmer Business School (FBS) in Mponera for Promoting Market Oriented Farm Produce

Produktdetails

• Verlag: BS Publications
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 686g
• ISBN-13: 9789386819819
• ISBN-10: 9386819813
• Artikelnr.: 59383404

Autorenporträt

Prof. Devi Prasad Juvvadi is currently Director (Agriculture Management) at Centre for Good Governance (CGG), Hyderabad. He has over three decades of experience in agricultural research, teaching and consultancy. His basic training was in B.Sc (Agric) at A.P. Agricultural University. Later he pursued Masters in Soil Science at American University of Beirut and advanced training in soil science in England. Prof. Devi Prasad worked as Assistant Professor at American University of Beirut for a decade and adjunct to US-Saudi Joint Commission on Economic Co-operation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He worked as Consultant to various International projects supported by UNDP, UNECWA, World Bank, DFID in Middle East, Africa and India. In India, initially Prof. Devi Prasad worked with non profit sector and has been trainer, resource person and consultant to many organizations including NAARM, MANAGE, SAMETI, EEI, SBI, ITC, APWELL, AFC etc. Prof. Devi Prasad worked as Team Leader for World Bank supported project, A.P. Community Based Tank Management Project through Agriculture Finance Corporation of India. He also worked as Team Leader for External M&E of A.P.Well, a Netherlands supported project. For the last decade he is involved in various projects with Centre for Good Governance including change and service delivery projects in agriculture under a DFID supported programme. He has served as Member, Board of Management, AP Horticulture University. Prof Devi Prasad has been member of Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Saudi Biological Society etc. He has published widely in international journals, published bulletins, review articles, contributed to English and Telugu news papers on agriculture and written policy papers, briefs and few books on agriculture. Prof. Devi Prasad presented papers at several international conferences including World Agriculture Forum, and lectured in various universities in Turkey, Israel and USA. He has travelled widely in over 26 countries in all the continents. His current research interests include agriculture governance, innovation in agriculture, change management etc.