6.2 Organizational Issues in Extension Agencies
Such organizations can either be:
a.
Centralized organizations-Function from the top
down. Central planning and control dominates, and clientele participation and
feedback in the programme are generally limited.
b.
Decentralized organizations-
It is
characterized by de-centralized extension planning and programming, management,
and the control of activities and resources are vested in regional or local
government
c. Cooperative types of extension organization and funding- A unique feature of this form of extension organization is the partnership between the national and local governments in funding, programming, and managing the activities and resources of extension.
-
Pluralistic forms of a National Extension System
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 License
This Learning Resource was Created by the Regional MSc AICM Program at the Haramaya University RDAE Department with Support of AgShare Project.