| dc.creator | Leonard, David K. | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-05T12:37:01Z | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-05T12:37:01Z | |
| dc.date | 1972 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-10T12:56:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-10T12:56:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 10-11-12 | |
| dc.identifier | Leonard, David K. (1972) Organizational structures for productivity in Kenyan agricultural extension. Discussion Paper 154, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/511 | |
| dc.identifier | 318659 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/handle/123456789/1865 | |
| dc.description | 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. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.relation | Discussion Papers;154 | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| dc.rights | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.subject | Agriculture | |
| dc.title | Organizational structures for productivity in Kenyan agricultural extension | |
| dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | |
