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Unpacking a Technical Package: Flexible Messages for Dynamic Situations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

C. Okali ,
J. E. Sumberg  and
K. C. Reddy
C. Okali
Affiliation:
School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, England
J. E. Sumberg
Affiliation:
School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, England
K. C. Reddy
Affiliation:
Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL 35762, USA
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Summary

This paper describes an attempt to develop and evaluate agricultural extension materials that support farmers' use of flexible management strategies. On the basis of experiment station and on-farm research results relating to millet and cowpea intercropping in Niger, a series of recommendations was developed, taking the form of a decision tree. The process of testing this format at the level of field extension agents and the implications of this experience for both research and extension workers are described.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , July 1994 , pp. 299 - 310
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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