I am doing a research project on agricultural extension functions and its effects on food security in Iran and I am interested in know your valuable opinion regarding this issue in national, regional and international levels. Please share your Knowledge and experiences in this regard.
Please have a look at this paper on how agricultural extension attempts to achieve food security in my country, Malaysia. The Ministry of Agriculture carries out extension programs. (I was a biology/biochemistry science student at the agriculture university, UPM, and that has been a wonderful experience.)
"Transfer of technology and providing the related supporting services become the main focus in the implementation of extension programs. To ensure good quality and safe crop yields produced from farms for human consumption, Good Agriculture Practice (GAP) and sustainable agriculture development are being emphasized throughout crop production activities."
http://www.nodai.ac.jp/cip/iss/english/9th_iss/fullpaper/1-2-1upm-Fikri.pdf
Dear Researcher pls. find attached file, it might be helpful to you.
Food security has four dimensions - availability, access, utilization and quality. These can be assessed at individual household, local community, regional and national level or any other level functionally defined by a country or a researcher. If you construct a matrix of level/unit by food security dimension, each cell can be used to identify relevant role of extension in achieving food security. For example, at the farm household level, availability y can improved by helping/advising to use appropriate crop/livestock or other enterprises, etc. You may think though the other cells and work out for yourself appropriate role of extension at each level. Hope this is useful.
Dear Miranda Yeoh
Dear Harshvardhan Singh
Dear Mohammad A. Jabbar
Dear J. B. Kathiriya
Thanks a lot because of your very useful and valuable contribution. I learn many thing from you.
Yours sincerely
Peyman Falsafi
Do not forget the context in which your research is taking place. For example, resources available to farmers: seed, tools, land access, water availability and more. Learn the challenges and barriers farmers have to deal with in order to be food secure. An in depths knowledge of the context is vital to achieve a reliable assessment.
Important factors are technical comparability of Extension workers, approaches used for service delivery, policies and priorities of the Government and factors related with farmers like size of land holding, education level, technical know-how and availability of quality inputs and marketing facilities.
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