AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION PROGRAMME
A REVIEW OF EXTENSION METHODOLOGIES IN AQUACULTURE
by
Carole R. Engle and Nathan M. Stone
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1989
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1.1 The Role and Purpose of Extension in Aquaculture
1.2 The Role of Government Policy in Development of Extension Methodologies
2.1 Private Producers
2.2 Cooperatives
2.3 Subsistence Producers
2.4 Selection of Target Groups
3. RESPONSIBILITIES ASSUMED BY EXTENSION PERSONNEL
3.1 Education
3.2 Diagnostic Services
3.3 Supply of Production Inputs
3.4 Product Promotion
3.5 Enforcing Regulations
3.6 Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Extension Responsibilities
4.1 Centralized Versus Decentralized Control Over Extension Activities
4.2 Direction of Information Flow
4.3 Appropriate Extension Strategies
4.4 Case Studies
4.4.1 General considerations for aquaculture development in Africa and Latin America
4.4.2 Rwanda
4.4.3 Zaïre
4.4.4 Liberia
4.4.5 Panama
5.1 Selection of Extension Agents
5.2 Specific Techniques of Extension
6. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF EXTENSION SERVICE
6.1 Extension Roles of Different Institutions
6.2 Linkages Between Extension and Research Efforts
7. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DEVELOPING AND STRENGTHENING AQUACULTURE EXTENSION PROGRAMMES
ANNEX I - SURVEY INSTRUMENT OF EXTENSION METHODOLOGIES
ANNEX II - ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS OF AQUACULTURE EXTENSION SERVICES
ANNEX III - ABBREVIATIONS