Contemporary challenges of agricultural extension service delivery in Tanzania
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Institute of Continuing Education
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Journal of Continuing Education and Extension, 2008; 3(1):15-28
Agricultural extension services in Tanzania have always been considered to be weak since they have often not lived up to peoples' expectations in terms of their contribution to the development process. Yet under the ongoing government reform process the same services have been assigned critical role to foster the transformation of the agricultural sector and hence, accelerate the development process, especially in rural areas. This paper looks at the contemporary challenges facing agricultural extension services that are being provided by the public and the private sector under new institutional arrangements.
Agricultural extension services in Tanzania have always been considered to be weak since they have often not lived up to peoples' expectations in terms of their contribution to the development process. Yet under the ongoing government reform process the same services have been assigned critical role to foster the transformation of the agricultural sector and hence, accelerate the development process, especially in rural areas. This paper looks at the contemporary challenges facing agricultural extension services that are being provided by the public and the private sector under new institutional arrangements.
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Agricultural extension services, Service providers, Contemporary challenges, Agricultural sector