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About the site and the developers

This site distills practical lessons from around the world - lessons gleaned while working at the University of California, CIMMYT and IRRI.

The aim is to meet the needs of farmers and extension workers wherever they are. When extension reaches farmers in a meaningful way, farmers and extension staff connect with one another, and thus the farmers become far more likely to integrate recommended practices on their farms and into their households – creating positive change in their own lives and those of their families and communities.

​Contributors have had extension experience in:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Rep of Korea, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Thailand, Timor L'Este, Uganda, USA, Vietnam, Zambia

Core Team Members

Site Manager
  • Mark Bell. On going contact and material developer, Vice Provost, UC ANR Emeritus and formerly Director. International Programs, UC Davis, Head, International Programs, IRRI.
Original Core Contributors
  • Nicholaus Madden. Field engagement, Video and capacity building,
  • Maria-Paz Santibanez. Systems, Field delivery techniques, (Chile)
  • Nikki Gray Rutamu. Health and partner engagement,
  • Jim Hill. Extension systems and Institutional engagement,
  • Edye Kuyper. Nutrition,
  • David Miller. Scholar engagement; Savings groups and NGO engagement,
  • Elana Peach-Fine. Scholar engagement; Project management and Field delivery techniques,
  • Richard Plant. GIS and Ag systems
  • Tom Rost. Curricula development,
  • Rachel Abrenilla. Admin support,
  • Graduate and graduate students engaged: Laina Schneider (Technology Assessment), Liberty Galvin (Extension Systems), Katie Hoeberling (Savings groups and Development), Bilkis Bharucha (Video in Development)

Other Contributors 

Strategic External partners: 
  • University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC), Digital Green, U Maryland, Purdue U, Washington State University
  • IRRI (and former IRRI) - Albert Atkinson, Adam Barclay, Joe Rickman, David Shires
  • Purdue - Jerry Peters 
  • UAF - Babar Shahbaz
  • UIUC - Andrea Bohn and Paul McNamara
Input - especially on Information Communication Technology (ICT)
  • Access Agriculture (Paul van Mele)
  • ATA – Elias Nure (Team Leader)
  • BIID - Shahid Akbar (CEO)
  • CRS – Shaun Ferris
  • Digital Green - Rikin Ghandi (CEO)
  • Farm Radio International - Dave Mowbray, Bartholomew Sullivan, Mark Leclair, Kevin Perkins
  • FHI360 - Josh Woodard (Regional ICT and Digital Finance Specialist)
  • GSMA - Tegan Palmer, Amol Jadhav and Victoria Clause
  • miaki - Taro Araya (CEO)
  • mPower - Mridul Chowdhury (CEO)
  • Publicis Jimenezbasic, Philippines - Nikki Abrenilla (Associate Creative Director)
  • Shamba Shape Up - Anne Marie Steyn (Series Producer)
  • UC Davis - Nick Madden, Elana Peach-Fine, Maria Paz-Santibanez, Megan Mayzelle and Courtney Jallo
  • UIUC - Andrea Bohn
  • USAID  - Judith Payne and Suzanne Poland

Contact

Experiences have drawn on work implemented with a range of partners including:
Mark Bell - mark.andrew.bell@gmail.com
Global Extension resources

​Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services GFRAS

UC Davis Agricultural and Natural Resources  ANR

Facebook - Regional Extension Groups and Organizations
  • USA - Internationalizing Extension Community of Practice Facebook (165 members)
  • Agricultural Extension in South Asia (Closed group) Facebook (18,080 members)
  • Nutrition club (Bangladesh) Facebook (583 members)
  • Mkulimo Young (Kenya) Facebook (91,0000 likes)
Modernizing Extension Advisory Services: MEAS 

Integrating Nutrition and Gender into Agricultural Extension Services INGENAES 

Knowledge Banks

University of California Integrated Pest Management