from No. 184, 1996

One-way, two-way, which way? Extension workers: from messengers to facilitators

T. Enters and J. Hagmann

Extension was always a key means of weaving knowledge into development. But in the 1990s, concepts of effective extension were shifting – away from the one-way offering of solutions developed through research, towards stimulation of discussion geared at linking research and practice.

Thomas Enters was with the Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia when this article was written, and Jürgen Hagmann had recently completed an assignment with the AGRITEX/GTZ Conservation Tillage Project, Masvingo, Zimbabwe. Both now work as consultants.