Presented by Ranjitha Puskur, Ponniah Anandajayasekeram and Sindu Workneh at the MoARD Workshop on “Improving Agricultural Extension Service Delivery Approaches”, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22 June 2006.

1. Innovations in Agricultural Extension What can Ethiopia learn from global experiences? Dr Ranjitha Puskur, IPMS Dr Ponniah Anandajayasekeram , IFPRI (ISNAR) - ILRI Ms Sindu Workneh, IFPRI (ISNAR) Presented at MoARD Workshop on “Improving Agricultural Extension Service Delivery Approaches” 22 June 2006, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

6. From Extension to Extension-plus From To Form/content Tech dissemination Supporting rural livelihoods Improving farm productivity Improving farm and non-farm income Forming farmer groups Building networks Providing services Enabling farmers to access services from other agencies Market information Market development M&E Input & output targets Learning Planning & Implementation Doing it alone Partnerships Sources of innovation in extension Centrally generated Locally evolved (through experimentation)

7. From Extension to Extension-plus From To Approaches Fixed/uniform Evolving/diverse Staff capacity development Training Learning by doing, facilitated experimentation Capacity dev of extension system Personnel and infra Dev of linkages and networks Policy approach Prescriptive/blue prints Facilitating evolution of locally relevant approaches Introducing new working practices Staff training Changing organisational culture through action learning Underpinning paradigm Technology transfer Innovation system

19. Roles for public and private sector actors in extension