2024 Extension Micro-Courses

Topics include: 

• What is a learning group 

• Why are farmer-led groups important?

• Why do learning groups work in increasing adoption?

• What is the adoption curve? 

• How to use the curve to create change 

• Understanding the stages of attitudinal change, and how to recognise them 

• Learning which extension activities are most effective in each stage

• Subject-matter experts in agricultural extension 

• Extension activity planning 

• Identifying subject-matter experts 

• Tools to work with experts, and
  making research relevant to farmers

Topics we will talk about include: 

• Evaluation, and why is it important 

• Theory of change 

• MERI framework 

• Collecting data

Topics we will talk about include: 

• The change cycle 

• Steps to enable change to occur 

• Why farmers change 

• Activities that encourage change

Topics include:

• Why stakeholder mapping? 

• Analyse and understand stakeholders 

• How to prioritise and target your extension activities to get the best outcomes

Topics include:

• What is Bennett’s Hierarchy? 

• What is KASA and why is it important? 

• How you can use Bennett’s for extension project planning and
  project evaluation