Making knowledge-based services more demandoriented? An experience with ‘public funding, public delivery’ extension in Bénin

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AuteurGBEHI, CLEMENT
AuteurVERSCHOR, GERARD
Date d'ajout2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
Date de disponibilite2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
Date de publication2013
ResumeThis article examined newly emerging patterns of agricultural extension in the context of decentralization policy in Bénin. It assesses whether the promises of decentralization were met in the case of the ‘Experimental Development on Innovation’ (EDI) project. Thus, it assessed the extent to which service delivery became demand-oriented and effective in promoting production-enhancing technologies for sustainable agriculture. Semi-structured and individual interviews were used to investigate the dynamics and processes through which the project evolved. The analysis of findings showed that after its promising start, the EDI project experienced a number of setbacks, and eventually became intertwined with the supply-oriented service delivery. While it contended successfully with those involved, consideration must be given to the fact that the formal funding and delivery arrangement often contradicted the expectations that services delivery should become ‘demandoriented’. The article concluded that services delivery depends rather on the negotiation and on the quality of the process in which demand and supply are articulated and matched.
DOI10.5897/JAERD12.023
Autre identifiantBECDB-9177
URIhttps://dspace.uac.bj/handle/123456789/8206
Languefr
Fait partie deJournal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
SujetTechnology transfer
Sujetextension service delivery
Sujetdecentralization
Sujetpublic funding
Sujetpublic delivery
Sujetdemand-oriented services
Sujetdemand articulation
SujetBénin
TitreMaking knowledge-based services more demandoriented? An experience with ‘public funding, public delivery’ extension in Bénin
TypeArticle

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