Agricultural services initiative : report based on the World Bank workshop held at Lilongwe in February 1991

This report is based on the deliberations at the World Bank workshop on the Bank's Agricultural Services Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa held at Lilongwe, Malawi. The following subjects are covered in the report: technology; training; extension management; extension pre-conditions; extension start-up; organization of agricultural services; farmers' groups; private sector extension; use of mass media in extension; new extension responsibilities; the role of the Bank's extension field staff. The contents of each chapter have been extracted from the papers presented at the workshop, working groups reports and the discussion. This arrangement of chapters provides readers with a clear idea of the workshop's deliberations on each topic. Since this subject has generated considerable interest outside the Bank, the editors of the report have sometimes gone beyond what was discussed at the workshop, where it was felt necessary, in order to illustrate or clarify some of the issues. The report also outlines the development relating to extension since the workshop.