Socio-demographic profile of different samples of Latin American rural extensionists
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Resumo: | In order to design and implement public policies in the context of rural development, information tends to be gathered about family farming in different Latin American countries. In contrast, scarce attention has been given to the description of rural extensionists, who are the ones supporting family farming in the field. A cross-sectional investigation was conducted between 2010 and 2012 including surveys to rural extensions working in 10 different Latin American countries, this allowing for a preliminary description of the socio-demographic profile of the respondents. The samples were incidental ranging from 19 (Bolivia) to 220 (Argentina) subjects, this implying that they were not representative. Significant statistical differences were found with regards to the sex, age, experience, level of education and university degree of the samples pertaining to the different countries. In average, most extensionists are men (70.1%), age 40.3 and have little more than 11 years of experience as extensionists. Brazilian practitioners surveyed are the oldest, most educated and experienced among the different samples. In general, most extensionists have a technical background and are agricultural engineers. The Uruguayan sample showed the highest percentage of extensionists coming from the area of social sciences. |
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Socio-demographic profile of different samples of Latin American rural extensionistssocio-demographic profilesurveyrural extensionLatin American countriesIn order to design and implement public policies in the context of rural development, information tends to be gathered about family farming in different Latin American countries. In contrast, scarce attention has been given to the description of rural extensionists, who are the ones supporting family farming in the field. A cross-sectional investigation was conducted between 2010 and 2012 including surveys to rural extensions working in 10 different Latin American countries, this allowing for a preliminary description of the socio-demographic profile of the respondents. The samples were incidental ranging from 19 (Bolivia) to 220 (Argentina) subjects, this implying that they were not representative. Significant statistical differences were found with regards to the sex, age, experience, level of education and university degree of the samples pertaining to the different countries. In average, most extensionists are men (70.1%), age 40.3 and have little more than 11 years of experience as extensionists. Brazilian practitioners surveyed are the oldest, most educated and experienced among the different samples. In general, most extensionists have a technical background and are agricultural engineers. The Uruguayan sample showed the highest percentage of extensionists coming from the area of social sciences.Universidade Federal de Santa Maria2014-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782014000300030Ciência Rural v.44 n.3 2014reponame:Ciência Ruralinstname:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)instacron:UFSM10.1590/S0103-84782014000300030info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessLandini,FernandoBianqui,Vaninaeng2014-03-18T00:00:00ZRevista |
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Socio-demographic profile of different samples of Latin American rural extensionists |
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Socio-demographic profile of different samples of Latin American rural extensionists |
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Socio-demographic profile of different samples of Latin American rural extensionists Landini,Fernando socio-demographic profile survey rural extension Latin American countries |
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Socio-demographic profile of different samples of Latin American rural extensionists |
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Socio-demographic profile of different samples of Latin American rural extensionists |
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Socio-demographic profile of different samples of Latin American rural extensionists |
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Socio-demographic profile of different samples of Latin American rural extensionists |
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Socio-demographic profile of different samples of Latin American rural extensionists |
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Landini,Fernando |
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Landini,Fernando Bianqui,Vanina |
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Bianqui,Vanina |
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Landini,Fernando Bianqui,Vanina |
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socio-demographic profile survey rural extension Latin American countries |
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socio-demographic profile survey rural extension Latin American countries |
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In order to design and implement public policies in the context of rural development, information tends to be gathered about family farming in different Latin American countries. In contrast, scarce attention has been given to the description of rural extensionists, who are the ones supporting family farming in the field. A cross-sectional investigation was conducted between 2010 and 2012 including surveys to rural extensions working in 10 different Latin American countries, this allowing for a preliminary description of the socio-demographic profile of the respondents. The samples were incidental ranging from 19 (Bolivia) to 220 (Argentina) subjects, this implying that they were not representative. Significant statistical differences were found with regards to the sex, age, experience, level of education and university degree of the samples pertaining to the different countries. In average, most extensionists are men (70.1%), age 40.3 and have little more than 11 years of experience as extensionists. Brazilian practitioners surveyed are the oldest, most educated and experienced among the different samples. In general, most extensionists have a technical background and are agricultural engineers. The Uruguayan sample showed the highest percentage of extensionists coming from the area of social sciences. |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Maria |
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