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Agricultural Extensions in Mali: Trust and Social Cohesion
Working paper
Catherine Reid, Lawrence Salmen
May 2000 |
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| The overall objective of this research project was to gain an operationally useful understanding of trust in relation to the use of contact groups for communication in the training and visit system of agricultural extension in Mali. Three particular aspects of trust as related to institutions were the focus of this inquiry. The first is the trust between technician (agricultural extension agent) and farmer, which may be necessary for the latter to follow the counsel of the former. The second is the trust that binds the members of the contact group into a cohesive whole. The third is the trust that transcends the group and allows it to act for and serve the interest of the larger community of which it is part. The principal hypotheses of this research are that: (a) the nature and degree of trust between the farmers and agricultural extension agent is key to the generation of increases in agricultural production; and (b) the degree and nature of trust between the contact groups and the other members of the community determine the effectiveness of the groups as catalysts of community development. |
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