Jeff Coutts The basis of all extension programs is engaging with people. However the term ‘engagement’ means different things to different people – and there are different types of engagement for different purposes. So if one of your Key Evaluation Questions is “how well did the project engage with their target groups” how do you
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Posts Tagged Extension
Measuring engagement in extension
Monitoring Uptake strategies
by: Jeff Coutts In the QualDATA Log Frame there is a level that is called “Uptake Strategies”. This is the link between research and development and achieving change on the ground. We don’t call it “extension” (as in the old technology transfer model which sees a linear transfer from research to farmer through extension) because
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Making monitoring and evaluation easy to implement at project level
by Gordon Stone I recently worked with two project teams (representing several grain projects and a horticulture project) supporting them in gaining skills for developing a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Activity Plan. The aim was to give team members the personal skills and a common understanding at team level to manage this within their projects.
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Postcard from Chile – extension training
I have found myself again in Chile – I can see I need to work on my Spanish! There is a real interest in extension here (although they differentiate between extension as a more awareness raising exercise and Technology Adoption as the process of working with farmers). Even Government policy is growing in its support
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The travel diaries of Jeff Coutts
A tale of technology transfer in the Chilean dairy industry Having just returned from a short visit to Chile, I have been reflecting on the role of the private sector in delivering extension/technology transfer and hence the implications for evaluation. My visit to Chile was to provide some input into how to improve the effectiveness
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Priority projects agreed
Progress in the National Primary Industries RD&E Framework: Extension Project Gordon Stone In mid September I attended an Extension Workshop of the National Primary Industries RD&E Framework: Extension Project. Its aim was to collect an Australia wide and representative group of key personnel to consider a number of key issues with a focus on developing
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The travel diaries of Gordon Stone
Over the last 3 weeks I have been in the USA and had the opportunity to meet with senior global agribusiness representatives, a senior independent on-farm consultant, an innovative horticultural producer in Canada and one of the agriculture focussed universities.