From training and visits to advice for family farms in Benin: Break or continuity?

摘要

The advice to family farms is increasingly considered as a promising alternative in West Africa where the Training and Visits System has been the cornerstone of the extension systems since the 1980s. This paper presents a comparative analysis between the Training and Visits and the advice for family farms based on the Benin experience. With regard to its principles and approach, advice for family farms has many similarities with the Training and Visits which is widely accepted as a directing system. Future criticisms against the advice for family farm enterprises in developing countries may be similar to those of the Training and Visits.