Saravanan, Raj and Suresh Chandra Babu (2015). Private approaches to extension and advisory services: A historical analysis. In: Yuan Zhou and Suresh Babu (Eds): Knowledge Driven Development: Private Extension and Global Lessons, Elesevier Publication.
This chapter presents a historical analysis of private approaches to extension. It reviews the trends that have contributed to the development of the private extension systems in developing countries. Issues related to the demand-driven nature of decentralized private extension approaches, and the substitutability and complementarity of private extension with public extension systems are reviewed. Finally, we examine the challenges facing the development and expansion of the private extension systems in developing countries. Read more…
