FAC Working Paper 42. The Political Economy of Agricultural Extension in Ethiopia: Economic Growth and Political Control
Abstract
The central argument in this paper is that, for the past two decades, state-led agricultural extension in Ethiopia, implemented by excluding other players in general and non-state actors in particular, has facilitated uncontested control of the public space by the incumbent Ethiopian People鈥檚 Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). In addition to its presumed economic ramifications, the ongoing agricultural extension scheme that is a major component of transforming smallholder agriculture is driven by political imperatives aimed at effectively controlling the bulk of the Ethiopian electorate whose votes in periodic elections are crucial to the regime鈥檚 perpetuation in power.
Citation
Berhanu, K. FAC Working Paper 42. The Political Economy of Agricultural Extension in Ethiopia: EconomicGrowth and Political Control. Future Agricultures Consortium, Brighton, UK (2012) 22 pp.
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