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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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7 Final Observations
Pages 43-44

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... For example, building the community structures that enable peace, such as strong producer associations and schools and civic organizations, also supportS development. In that sense, extension can support both development and peacebuilding by simultaneously building capacity and providing a means of managing conflict.
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... 44 ADAPTING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION TO PEACEBUILDING on both agricultural productivity and factors that enable conflict management and peacebuilding. Because of their capacity to build social capital in rural communities, extension agents have real potential to improve the economic well-being and security of farmers.
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