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Adapting Agricultural Extension to Peacebuilding Report of a Workshop by the National Academy of Engineering and United States Institute of Peace: Roundtable on Technology, Science, and Peacebuilding (2012) / Chapter Skim
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5 Organizational Change and Institution Building
Pages 35-38

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... Participants discussed options for working with ministries of agriculture, the need for decentralization, and the challenges of ensuring program sustainability. OPTIONS FOR WORKING WITH MINISTRIES OF AGRICULTURE Extension systems typically operate in a ministry of agriculture, and the subgroup began its conversation by talking about changes required in ministries of agriculture to support peacebuilding as part of extension services.
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From page 36...
... Extension can serve the purposes of peacebuilding, regardless of whether it specifically focuses on that end. THE NEED FOR DECENTRALIZATION Central ministries need to allocate resources and make policy decisions, but centralized planning tends to fail, in part because it generally is too directive and ignores local needs.
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... A farmer may or may not be knowledgeable about ways to increase productivity, and an attentive extension agent can tailor advice accordingly. Ideally agents could also try to identify and prioritize assistance for the most pressing problems facing farmers, such as land tenure issues following conflict or water management disputes during a drought.
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... In the United States, for example, the extension service in each state or territory is operated by a land-grant institution, which, in addition to local, state, or territorial funding, receives some federal funding that can be used to support local extension agents who respond to local needs through community structures. In India, local governmental and administrative structures are vital to the successful implementation of local extension activities.
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