Factors Contributing to Rural Extension Agents' Support for a Transfer of Technology (ToT) Approach: A Multiple Linear Regression Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Landini, Fernando; Conti, Santiago
Titel	Factors Contributing to Rural Extension Agents' Support for a Transfer of Technology (ToT) Approach: A Multiple Linear Regression Analysis
Quelle	In: Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 29 (2023) 5, S.605-625 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Landini, Fernando)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1389-224X
DOI	10.1080/1389224X.2022.2120027
Schlagwörter	Extension Agents; Extension Education; Agricultural Occupations; Agricultural Production; Teacher Attitudes; Educational Attainment; Teacher Characteristics; Foreign Countries; Information Technology; Adoption (Ideas); Technology Transfer; Argentina; Brazil; Chile; Mexico; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erweitertes Bildungsangebot; Agriculture; Occupation; Landwirtschaft; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Production; Produktion; Agrarproduktion; Landwirtschaftliche Produktion; Lehrerverhalten; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Ausland; Informationstechnologie; Ideas; Ideenfindung; Technologietransfer; Argentinien; Brasilien; Mexiko
Abstract	Purpose: This article aims at identifying the individual factors and socio-demographic variables contributing to extension agents' support for a ToT extension approach. Design/Methodology/Approach: A multiple linear regression analysis was conducted using samples of extension agents from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Nigeria. Findings: The main factors explaining the support to a ToT extension approach are: the tendency to blame farmers, understanding extension as a participatory process of dialogue and inter-institutional coordination, prioritizing the modernization of farmers' production, and supporting conventional modern agriculture. The main factors reducing the support for a ToT approach are having a self-critical attitude, prioritizing the creation and strengthening of farmer organizations, having a university degree, and being an experienced extension agent. Practical Implications: The results are useful for institutions interested in changing the profile of their extension personnel and in moving away from a ToT extension approach. Theoretical Implications: Extension agents supporting a ToT approach assume that they know what is best for farmers without really acknowledging them as experienced individuals with self-determination and rationale of their own. The development of a self-critical attitude, resulting from field experience and reflection on practice seems to play a key role in questioning the assumptions of the ToT extension approach. Originality/Value: This is the first study to analyze the factors contributing to extension agents' support for a ToT approach conducted using a multiple linear regression. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01