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Agriculture Extension Service Delivery in a Semi-Arid Rural Area in South Africa: The Case Study of Thorndale in the Limpopo Province

机译：南非半干旱农村地区的农业推广服务交付：以林波波省桑德代尔为例

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Poverty, geographical isolation and being poorly served by agricultural workers, education, health, transport, communication and other services characterise the rural environment in most developing countries. Agricultural productivity and its associated agricultural extension services are important to the livelihood activities of rural communities. For rural communities to fulfil their respective roles, they require access to productive services information on input supply, new technologies, early warning systems for drought (pests and diseases), credit, and market prices. Agricultural extension service has been identified as an important part of the intended transformation of the agricultural sector. In South Africa, farmers consider the effectiveness of extension services in relation to receiving technological information and advice for purposes of crop and livestock production. The paper discusses the role of agricultural extension services in agricultural production in Thorndale, situated in the Savannah biome of the Bushbuckridge region in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. A questionnaire survey was used in the collection of data. The results indicated that the majority of the farmers do not have access to the services of extension officers. Yet, some farmers have infrequent contacts with extension officers and information, and the magnitude of extension services have been restricted to verbal instructions rather than demonstrative, innovative and hands on practical guidance to farmers. The majority of the respondents approximately 97% are farmers who engage in agricultural production, consisted of small-scale approximately 97% and commercial 3% farmers. The approximately 38% of households who have had contacts with extension officers indicated that the advice and assistance they received entailed farming practices such as buying seeds needed for crop production and storage of the produce harvested for eventualities such as drought or famine. Others include nursery making, correct crop spacing and fertilizer application, planting, transplanting, herbicide application, timely planting and early weeding. The study concluded that extension officers need to visit and guide rural farmers regularly with improved farming technologies and services. Further, capacity development and logistical assistance should be strengthened towards improving the current extension services to the rural communities.
机译：贫穷，地理上的孤立以及农业工人，教育，卫生，运输，通讯和其他服务的匮乏是大多数发展中国家农村环境的特征。农业生产力及其相关的农业推广服务对农村社区的生计活动至关重要。为了使农村社区发挥各自的作用，他们需要获得生产服务信息，包括投入物供应，新技术，干旱（病虫害）预警系统，信贷和市场价格。农业推广服务已被确定为农业部门预期转型的重要组成部分。在南非，农民考虑到推广服务在为作物和牲畜生产目的而获得技术信息和建议方面的有效性。本文讨论了位于南非林波波省Bushbuckridge地区萨凡纳生物群落中Thorndale的农业推广服务在农业生产中的作用。问卷调查用于收集数据。结果表明，大多数农民无法获得推广人员的服务。但是，一些农民很少与推广人员和信息联系，推广服务的规模仅限于口头指示，而不是向农民进行示范，创新和实际指导。大约97％的受访者中大多数是从事农业生产的农民，其中包括约97％的小规模农民和3％的商业农民。与推广人员接触的大约38％的家庭表示，他们所获得的建议和帮助涉及耕作方式，例如购买作物生产所需的种子和存储为防备干旱或饥荒而收获的农产品。其他包括苗圃制作，正确的作物间距和肥料施用，播种，移栽，除草剂施用，及时播种和早期除草。该研究得出的结论是，推广人员需要通过改进的耕作技术和服务定期访问并指导农村农民。此外，应加强能力建设和后勤援助，以改善当前向农村社区的推广服务。

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