Pustaka Ilmiah Universitas Padjadjaran

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From Technology Transfer To Transformation Of Community (Changing Paradigm And Practice Of Agricultural Extension In Indonesia)

it is widely accepted that farmers’ performance is affected by human capital1, encompassing both innate and learned skills, including the ability to process information (Jamison and Lau 1982, cited in Anderson & Feder 2003, p. 1). It is also generally understood that extension is an effort to develop human capital through non-formal education activities (Qamar 2005, p. 7) and communication processes (Leeuwis 2004). Hence, extension, in particular agricultural extension, is a potential process to increase farmers’ performance in order to achieve a “better farming, better business, better living, and better community” of farmers (Van den Ban 1999, p. 147).