dc.contributor.author | Leonard, David K. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-04-05T12:37:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-04-05T12:37:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1972 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Leonard, David K. (1972) Organizational structures for productivity in Kenyan agricultural extension. Discussion Paper 154, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/511 | |
dc.description.abstract | Three aspects of the productivity of Kenya Government agricultural
extension services in Western Province are examined: (1) the degree to
which farmer contact extension agents are well versed in the technical
information they are expected to convey; (2) the extent to which standard
national cultural recommendations are being adapted to local ecological
conditions; and (3) the amount of effort that junior staff are putting
into their basic work of visiting farmers- Personnel policies and organizational
strategies which would improve performance in each of these areas are
discussed. Along with other lesser reforms, proposals are made for the
creation of a mobile, national junior staff retraining service, for a
rigorous system of inspecting extension agent work by an increased reliance
on group extension methods, and for the removal of inter-cadre promotion bars
so as to provide meaningful work incentives. It is suggested that the various
reforms taken together might double the productivity of Kenya's agricultural
extension workers. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Discussion Papers;154 | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | en_GB |
dc.subject | Agriculture | en_GB |
dc.title | Organizational structures for productivity in Kenyan agricultural extension | en_GB |
dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | en_GB |
dc.identifier.blds | 318659 | |