Abstract
AbstractIn a context of more involvement of the private sector in the provision of agricultural extension services as policy option in Burkina Faso, and since policy evidence is needed to better in...
Highlights
African agricultural production has increased, generally due to the increases in area cultivated and labour used
For farmers under public extension services, results related to their perception about the quality of services are mixed
The difficulty to have physical access to some public extension services caused some displeasure from farmers when they were asked about the quality of services they receive; but the desire to be faithful to public extension agents could have led them to generally answer “undecided” to the question asked
Summary
African agricultural production has increased, generally due to the increases in area cultivated and labour used. Farmers have low access to input (fertilizer, improved seed), new agricultural techniques or practices and information for commercial production of commodities They have been efforts towards changing the situation, they have been insufficient (Direction Générale des Productions Végétales (DGPV), 2010). But still with the support of some foreign governments or agencies, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), and farmers cooperatives are getting engaged in the delivery of agricultural extension activities such as facilitating access to credit, providing market information, promoting new farmer organisations, disseminating new farming techniques and training farmers to protect the environment and increase productivity (DGPV, 2010). There is no empirical study assessing farmers’ perceptions about the quality of extension services received and comparing public and private extension services in Burkina Faso. Assessing the quality of extension services from the farmers’ viewpoint can inform policy makers whether they are satisfied with the current extension services, what they want to be improved and give information about the services to promote and the way to deliver them
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