The History of Agricultural Extension in Malawi

List of Boxes, Figures and Tables
Box 1: Malawi’s Vision 2020....................................................................................... 46
Box 2: Summary of achievements in extension services ............................................. 47
Box 3: “Master Farmers of Nyasaland”......................................................................... 55
Box 4: What is a financing mechanism? ....................................................................... 90
Figure 1: Map of Malawi with the Research Locations..................................................... 7
Figure 2: Framework Model of Organised Extension ..................................................... 16
Figure 3: Model of the Psychological Field..................................................................... 17
Figure 4: Model of Behaviour Modification.................................................................... 17
Figure 5: Stages of Systematic Problem Solving............................................................. 18
Figure 6: What an Extension Approach Should Contain................................................. 19
Figure 7: Map of Malawi ................................................................................................. 25
Figure 8: Location of the Integrated Rural Development Projects in 1974..................... 39
Figure 9 The Agricultural Development Divisions......................................................... 42
Figure 10: One Village One Product (OVOP) in Malawi, as of July 2007 ....................... 49
Figure 11: Percentage of total cotton and tobacco produced by white farmers in
colonial Malawi, 1920-1940............................................................................ 51
Figure 12 Extension as Bridge .......................................................................................... 52
Figure 13: The Transfer Model.......................................................................................... 62
Figure 14: Mixed strategies for financing and providing extension .................................. 87
Figure 15: Possibilities of Channelling Finances............................................................... 90
Figure 16: Accountability in extension.............................................................................. 91
Figure 17: The Stakeholder Panel...................................................................................... 98
Table 1: Research Timetable ............................................................................................ 4
Table 2: Targeted Input Programs .................................................................................. 46
Table 3: Active World Bank Projects in Malawi as of 2007.......................................... 48
Table 4: Strengths and Weaknesses of Past Extension Approaches............................... 82
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