EXTENSION CONSIDERATIONS

Extension should be provided to identify and solve the constraints smallholders face in adopting new technologies.

• Encourage smallholders to identify their own problems and to develop their own solutions
• Use indigenous technical knowledge amassed in any rural community as the basis to devise new technologies wherever possible
• Test and validate new technologies on farms before expecting them to be widely adopted
• Use various extension techniques, e.g. smallholder-to-smallholder exchange, demonstrations, study tours, problem-solving exercises, market-news services, etc.

Related information: Research considerations; Training considerations.