dc.creatorLandini, Fernando Pablo
dc.creatorVargas, Gilda
dc.creatorBianqui, Vanina Paola
dc.creatorMathot y Rebole, María Inés
dc.creatorMartinez, Manuela Rocío
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-19T21:05:08Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-06T13:15:44Z
dc.date.available2018-04-19T21:05:08Z
dc.date.available2018-11-06T13:15:44Z
dc.date.created2018-04-19T21:05:08Z
dc.date.issued2017-11
dc.identifierLandini, Fernando Pablo; Vargas, Gilda; Bianqui, Vanina Paola; Mathot y Rebole, María Inés; Martinez, Manuela Rocío; Contributions to group work and to the management of collective processes in extension and rural development; Elsevier; Journal of Rural Studies; 56; 11-2017; 143-155
dc.identifier0743-0167
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/42779
dc.identifierCONICET Digital
dc.identifierCONICET
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1873549
dc.description.abstractWorking with farmers´ groups, associations and cooperatives constitutes a fundamental element of extension work with family farmers. Despite the fact that extension practitioners face many problems in this area of their work, there is currently a lack of academic literature that systematically addresses the topic and offers concrete guidelines for practice. Thus, this paper will aim to clarify the benefits of farmers´ groups, associations and networks within the context of family farming, systematise problems faced by rural extensionists when working with farmers´ groups and associations, provide conceptual tools for understanding group and associative processes, and construct a set of guidelines and recommendations for facing said problems. In order to achieve these aims, the authors conducted an extensive literature review and drew upon their personal experience on the topic. Results suggest that some of the benefits of associative work are: better access to inputs, produce and credit markets, the facilitation of learning processes, the empowerment of family farmers as social actors, and a reduction of rural extension costs. Additionally, with respects to the problems faced by extensionists, the following can be highlighted: individualist attitudes and conflicts between farmers, scarce participation and commitment, problems with leaderships and with organisations´ administrative management, and the lack of extensionists´ training to address these processes, among others. With regards to the factors that increase trust and cooperation are: interpersonal communication and mutual knowledge, sharing problems, values and objectives, and the existence of shared rules for the functioning of the group that include sanctions for transgressors. In this context, the extensionists´ role will be that of facilitating processes of construction of group relationships, creating rules for the groups´ functioning and developing the group´s capacities for self-management.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016717309750
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.09.014
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subjectADVISORY SERVICES
dc.subjectCOOPERATIVES
dc.subjectFAMILY AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectGROUP PROCESSES
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL EXTENSION
dc.titleContributions to group work and to the management of collective processes in extension and rural development
dc.typeArtículos de revistas
dc.typeArtículos de revistas
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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