Dealer-customer partnership in rice production demonstration: Assessment of private extension system in Bangladesh
Tanjina Parven, Md Safiul Islam Afrad, Shaikh Shamim Hasan, Sajia Sharmin, Muhammad Ashraful Habib, Swati Nayak, Saidul Islam, Aliyu Akilu Barau, Amlan Biswas, Md Shibly Sadik · 2023
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In Bangladesh, public farm advisors have struggled to run rice growing demonstrations well, so a private version pairs seed dealers with their farmer customers. Tanjina Parven led a team that assessed this new system. They interviewed thirty-three dealers and ninety-two customer farmers, and held group talks to round out the picture.
Farmers named higher profit, a bigger say in decisions, and sharper marketing skills as the top gains. Dealers stressed the help small farmers got and the rise in local rice output. The weak spot was slow delivery of seeds and supplies, traced to dealers misjudging what their farmers needed. The authors suggest watching the young system over time before spreading it country-wide.
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| CREATOR | Tanjina Parven, Md Safiul Islam Afrad, Shaikh Shamim Hasan, Sajia Sharmin, Muhammad Ashraful Habib, Swati Nayak, Saidul Islam, Aliyu Akilu Barau, Amlan Biswas, Md Shibly Sadik |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |