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1 Introduction
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2 In most European countries, extension services are known as advisory services, and the two terms are used to varying degrees in other countries. This publication uses the term "extension services" to refer to all such activities.
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Through the provision of agricultural and potentially peacebuilding information, extension agents can also strengthen the reputation and credibility of the government. On May 1, 2012, the Roundtable on Science, Technology, and Peacebuilding held a workshop in Washington, DC, to explore whether and how extension activities could serve peacebuilding purposes.
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help managers of extension projects in postconflict environments design activities that promote peace. THE WORKSHOP Organization Pamela Aall, Senior Vice President at USIP, Provost of USIP's Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, and co-chair of the Roundtable, laid out the organization of the workshop.
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The broad role of extension agents, who act more as facilitators than as problem solvers, is to help agricultural producers gain access to knowledge, resources, and services that will increase their productivity and well-being. They can help build both social and agricultural capital in postconflict settings, and can help government agencies or nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
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In postconflict environments, extension agents must be highly conscious of the possibility of their exacerbating tensions in the communities they serve by directing extension services and support in ways that exclude groups on the basis of race, ethnic identity, class, gender, or education. Finally, in rural communities, much agricultural work is done by women.
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And importantly, to be effective in their work, extension agents need to have the necessary support, resources, and tools, including appropriate salaries, incentives, operating budgets, training, and evaluation programs. In the United States, academic institutions involved with agricultural extension have a curriculum tightly linked to agricultural research, but this is
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For example, in addition to conveying information between farmers and extension agents, cell phones can register images and are therefore useful when documented evidence is required. Enabling an extension agent to provide information in response to a farmer's question quickly builds trust in the individual agent and enhances the credibility of the larger extension system.
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