| Autor: |
Adenuga, Adewale H., Jack, Claire, Ashfield, Austen, Wallace, Michael |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| DOI: |
10.22004/ag.econ.321170 |
| Popis: |
This paper evaluates the impact of membership of the dairy Business Development Groups (BDG), a participatory extension programme in Northern Ireland on the gross margin performance of participating farmers relative to non-participants. The study employs a difference-in-differences exact coarsened matching approach and contributes to the literature on the impact of participatory extension programmes on farm income. The results of the analyses showed that membership of dairy BDG has a statistically significant impact on the gross margin of participating farmers. Specifically, the results showed that dairy farmers who are members of the BDGs increased their gross margin by £117 per head respectively compared to farmers that are non-members of the BDGs. The results of the study have practical implications for the design of participatory extension programmes as it provides evidence to inform policy development around the area of participatory extension programmes. It also supports the design of efficient agricultural education and extension systems that incorporates the ideas of the farmers themselves through peer-to-peer learning thereby maximising the economic and social benefits accruable from such programmes. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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