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Participatory poverty monitoring in rural communities in Viet Nam 114 TABLE 7.3. Feedbacks on the suitability of knowledge, methods introduced by agricultural extension services, 2011 (%) Communes Suitable Reasonably suitable Not suitable Don’t know Thuan Hoa 7 82 0 11 Ban Lien 15 77 0 8 Thanh Xuong 8 92 0 0 Luong Minh 8 54 8 31 Duc Huong 16 82 2 0 Xy 45 47 6 2 Cu Hue 27 65 0 8 Phuoc Dai 6 65 0 29 Phuoc Thanh 22 30 9 39 Thuan Hoa 22 61 11 6 Average 20 68 3 9 SOURCE: Households interviews. Weak agricultural extension counselling and services. At the monitoring points, the supply of materials is the most popular activity of the local extensionists. Services related to the sale of products, linking farmers with enterprises, advice on production organization, management and planning are limited, although there is a high demand for them. The provision of fee-based agricultural extension services at monitoring points in ethnic minority mountainous areas is not feasible. Agricultural extension organization There are now more agricultural extension staff. Between 2007 and 2011 the number of communes with agricultural extension staff increased from five to nine; and the number of communes with agricultural extension staff at the village level increased from four to eight. In communes that benefited from Program 30a, such as Ban Lien - Lao Cai, Luong Minh - Nghe An, Phuoc Dai and Phuoc Thanh - Ninh Thuan, university educated reinforcement staff have provided communes with additional resources for agricultural extension services. However most local agricultural extension staff have low capacity. Most are young, and have only completed upper secondary school. There are few intensive or in-depth training courses for the local staff. Table 7.4 also shows that most people interviewed feel that the level of knowledge of local agricultural extension is “normal”.
Five-year Synthesis Report Part 2: Challenges to Rural Poverty Reduction in Viet Nam TABLE 7.4. Local people’s feedbacks on the knowledge and behaviour of commune/village agricultural extension staff, 2011 (%) 115 Communes Knowledge Behaviour Good Normal Not good Don’t know Good Normal Not good Thuan Hoa 21 79 0 0 54 46 0 0 Ban Lien 15 77 3 5 72 23 0 5 Thanh Xuong 10 82 0 8 24 67 0 10 Luong Minh 46 31 15 8 54 31 8 8 Duc Huong 41 48 7 5 82 18 0 0 Xy 55 38 8 0 75 15 9 0 Don’t know Cu Hue 46 46 4 4 50 42 4 4 Phuoc Dai 12 47 6 35 38 56 0 6 Phuoc Thanh 13 39 4 43 52 35 9 4 Thuan Hoa 56 33 0 11 78 22 0 0 Average 31 56 4 9 59 34 3 4 SOURCE: Households interviews Working attitude of agricultural extension staff are appreciated. Most local residents considered staff behaviour to be “good” (Table 7.4); most have “enthusiasm at work” and are “friendly with the people”. Coming from the same ethnic group and living in the same location, the agricultural extension staff can be a bridge linking people and commune and district agricultural extension staff, especially in remote villages. There are few agricultural extension services clubs and they do not play a major role. The clubs are designed for people to exchange information and are the focal points for rural agricultural extension services. According to respondents and agricultural extension staff the clubs’ ineffectiveness is due to the fact that they do not meet the demands of the people, are not attractive to members and lack regular support from the authorities, mass organizations and the agricultural extension services. Socialization of agricultural extension services have been widespread. In areas where commodity production is developed, enterprises organise seminars to demonstrate their models and projects and shops selling agricultural products, especially insecticides, provide advice. However, at some monitoring points, enterprises and shops sell low quality and out of date products that sometimes cause harm. Agricultural extension policies
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PARTICIPATORY POVERTY MONITORING IN
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PREFACE 1 7 In early 2007, Viet Nam
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ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS 10 ActionAi
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12 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The last five
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