Outsourcing agricultural advisory services: enhancing rural innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract

A pluralistic advisory service system is already a fact of life for many farmers in Africa. Over the last few years, outsourcing has become increasingly important in several sub-Saharan African countries and this bulletin takes the opportunity to learn lessons that can further guide this process. It analyses some of the recent experiences with outsourcing agricultural advisory services from an Agricultural Innovation System (AIS) perspective, and documents the best practices and other lessons that can be learned.