Transforming the Roles of a Public Extension Agency to Strengthen Innovation: Lessons from the National Agricultural Extension Project in Bangladesh

Ataharul Chowdhury, Helen Hambly, Cees Leeuwis · 2013 · The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

Summary. Bangladesh's public agricultural extension agency attempted to transform its role from linear technology transfer to facilitating interactive communication and stakeholder collaboration. However, the agency failed to strengthen collective action because institutional barriers persisted: staff remained wedded to technology-transfer models, undervalued intermediary roles like brokering and convening, and treated extension methods as information delivery rather than interactive learning. The study identifies obstacles preventing innovation systems thinking in low-income country extension work.

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DOI

10.1080/1389224x.2013.803990

Countries

Bangladesh

Regions

Asia

Categories

agtech, regional-innovation-systems, policy

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2026-04-28