Innovations in financing mechanisms for demand-driven agricultural advisory services
At the request of FAO, the Latin American Center for Rural Development (RIMISP) conducted a case study on the financing mechanisms for the technical advisory services that the Nariño Dairy Products Cooperative (COLACTEAOS) makes available to its members. The purpose is to illustrate the experiences of COLACTEOS’s way of financing advisory services, some of its major effects, and to identify lessons learned that could motivate and guide other countries engaged in reforming their innovation systems and agricultural advisory services in particular. In order to carry out this analysis, information from available secondary sources was used as well as primary sources gathered during a visit to the COLACTEOS headquarters. Interviews were conducted with administrators, technicians responsible for providing technical assistance, staff that oversee and link producers to financial entities and key informants, and individuals familiar with the system and the Bogotá dairy production sub-sector. The study reviews the policies for the agriculture and livestock sector in Colombia and the evolution and current state of rural extension services. In this context, it describes the services offered by COLACTEOS to its members, with an emphasis on technical advisory services and the main financial services, along with the influence of some free trade agreements on the milk sub-sector. The study provides a brief summary of the portfolio of services provided by COLACTEOS and discuss the details of technical advisory services and financial services provided to producers, and describe the relationships between technical advisory services and financial services. The study describes the mechanisms for financing the technical advisory services, how the producers participate in influencing the services and some of the effects on dairy production. Finally, the study present a section containing conclusions and lessons learned.
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| Format: | Book (stand-alone) biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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FAO ;
2018
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/CA1232EN http://www.fao.org/3/CA1232EN/ca1232en.pdf |
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