The NGO sector as an alternative delivery system for agricultural public services

Author(s)
Poole, Nigel
Editor(s)
Eade, Deborah
Publication date
1994-05-01
Subject
Food and livelihoods
Approach and methodology
Governance and citizenship
Keywords
Agriculture
Development methods

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Routledge
Journal
Development in Practice
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/130155
DOI
10.1080/096145249100077631
Document type
Journal article
Language
English
Description
In many less developed countries (LDCs) that are undergoing economic adjustment, the promotion of the agricultural sector is constrained by limitations on resources that include finance, and human and institutional capacity. The inability of the state to provide essential agricultural services (for example, agricultural extension and research) leaves a void that could be filled by specialised organisations within the non-governmental sector (NGOs). NGOs as a whole need not fear the loss of other advantages, but rather welcome the contracting out to specialist agencies of those activities that hitherto have been the domain of inefficient and ineffective government services.
Pages
12
ISSN
0961-4524
EISSN
1364-9213
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