five messages in scaling out and reaching out to the grassroots
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Presented by Purvi Mehta at the Global Learning and Evidence Exchange Workshop, USAID, 8 January 2014TRANSCRIPT
Purvi Mehta
Five messages in scaling out and reaching out to the grassroots
Global Learning and Evidence Exchange, USAID, 8 January 2014
Multiple methods: Conventional as well as new No ‘cut and paste’
There is No One Method…
Linkages between Research & Extension
Not sequential but parallel effort A two way arrow, there are beneficiaries on both
sides! Role of education institutes Training of Trainers- a better investment proposition
Involvement of Women…
Not as an after thought Women in extension/as trainers Exclusive projects for women farmers?
Working With the People, Not For them..
Involvement in design, implementation, training Private Sector (producers, input dealers, rural
entrepreneurs) Incentives
Impact assessment through out and after the project
Quality control of training material, methods and trainers
Need for methods to quantify behaviour changes
Monitoring, Evaluating the Impact:…
The point something is about changing attitude…
Changing attitudes and present way of working, not just of the farmers but also of scientists
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