A REVIEWED STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION METHODS AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

摘要

The renewable agricultural extension methods and organizational characteristics need to be incorporated into the larger picture of sustainable agriculture and rural development, if it is to serve the needs of the human beings whose livelihoods are based on rural economies and ecologies. For rural communities, increasing agricultural production is a key to rising income generation and improving social well-being, but this linkage depends also upon not harming natural resources. The purpose of this research paper is to provide an overview of the extent to which agricultural extension methods and organizational characteristics on sustainable agricultural development. This purpose is carried out through the sustainable benefits. However, in an effort to establish content and background information, the literature review consists of a mixture of research and polemics (i.e. farmer field schools on agricultural productivity, the role of local leaders in sustainable agricultural development and partnership of public agricultural extension and private sector).