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SWOT Analysis of Extension Systems in Southern African Countries.

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2009
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Oladele, O.I.
Lepetu, J.
Subair, S.K.
Obuh, J.
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This paper examined the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to extension systems in selected southern African countries of Malawi, Zambia, Swaziland, Mozambique, Lesotho and Botswana. This is predicated on the need for improved performance and reinvigoration of extension system for better services. Some of the strengths are development works to improve rural areas, extensive grassroots coverage, and use of committees for research and extension linkages, involvement of NGOs and private sector, and effective setting of extension administration units. On the other hand opportunities that can be explored are donor will fund well designed programme, expansion in the use of ICT, high involvement of farmers in extension planning, and potential for effective programme implementation. The threats to theextension systems are attempts to privatize extension services, weak feedback to research,and donor fatigue. The paper recommends that extension administrators, and policy makers should pay proper attention to the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to extension systems with a view of making extension services truly more responsive to local concernsand policy.
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https://doi.org/10.12895/jaeid.20094.38
https://hdl.handle.net/13049/593
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