Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaExtension Engineers from Formosa from the perspective of small producers. Representations, expectations and realities
Small farmers' behaviors, practices and attitudes usually are meaningless if they are only seen from technicians' point of view. Recognizing the importance of enhancing and strengthen rural extension practices, contributing to understand the subjective reality of small farmers becames cruc...
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Centro de Historia Argentina y Americana
2010
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| description | Small farmers' behaviors, practices and attitudes usually are meaningless if they are only seen from technicians' point of view. Recognizing the importance of enhancing and strengthen rural extension practices, contributing to understand the subjective reality of small farmers becames crucial if we want to generate improved strategies of action. Thus, we carried out a qualitative research in Misión Tacaaglé (province of Formosa, Argentina), which allowed us to describe the social representation that small farmers have of rural extensionists, one of the most important actor implied in rural development projects. The research metodology included participant observation and open and semi-structured interviews. Specifically, in this paper I describe (1) meanings related to rural extensionists, (2) the responsibilities assigned to these professionals, and (3) the characteristics farmers value in them. Conclusions point out the importance of understanding small farmers' point of view, in order to generate more effective strategies of intervention. Finally, small farmers' tendency to passive acttitudes and its ambivalent representation of rural extensionists are emphasized, whith leads us to comment on the necessity of generating horizontal and dialogic relationships between small farmers and rural extensionists. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO263112022-03-16T17:59:05Z Extension Engineers from Formosa from the perspective of small producers. Representations, expectations and realities Ingenieros extensionistas formoseños desde la mirada de los pequeños productores. Representaciones, expectativas y realidades Landini, Fernando Pablo Small farmers' behaviors, practices and attitudes usually are meaningless if they are only seen from technicians' point of view. Recognizing the importance of enhancing and strengthen rural extension practices, contributing to understand the subjective reality of small farmers becames crucial if we want to generate improved strategies of action. Thus, we carried out a qualitative research in Misión Tacaaglé (province of Formosa, Argentina), which allowed us to describe the social representation that small farmers have of rural extensionists, one of the most important actor implied in rural development projects. The research metodology included participant observation and open and semi-structured interviews. Specifically, in this paper I describe (1) meanings related to rural extensionists, (2) the responsibilities assigned to these professionals, and (3) the characteristics farmers value in them. Conclusions point out the importance of understanding small farmers' point of view, in order to generate more effective strategies of intervention. Finally, small farmers' tendency to passive acttitudes and its ambivalent representation of rural extensionists are emphasized, whith leads us to comment on the necessity of generating horizontal and dialogic relationships between small farmers and rural extensionists. Las conductas, prácticas y actitudes de los pequeños productores agropecuarios muchas veces carecen de sentido si son vistas exclusivamente desde el punto de vista técnico. Atendiendo a la importancia de perfeccionar y potenciar las prácticas de extensión rural, resulta de particular interés aportar a la comprensión del mundo de sentido subjetivo de los pequeños productores, para generar estrategias de mayor impacto. De esta forma, se llevó a cabo una investigación cualitativa en la localidad de Misión Tacaaglé, (provincia de Formosa, Argentina) que permitió contribuir a la descripción de la representación social que los pequeños productores tienen del extensionista, actor de suma importancia para distintas iniciativas de desarrollo rural. La metodología utilizada incluyó observación participante y toma de entrevistas abiertas y semiestructuradas. Concretamente, en el artículo se describen (1) los sentidos asociados a la figura del extensionista, (2) la función asignada a este profesional y (3) las características valoradas en él. Las conclusiones señalan la importancia de comprender el punto de vista del pequeño productor, con el fin de generar estrategias de intervención más efectivas y duraderas. Finalmente, se destaca la tendencia de los pequeños productores a adoptar posicionamientos pasivos y a valorar de manera ambivalente al extensionista, lo que habla de la necesidad de generar vínculos horizontales y dialógicos entre técnicos y productores con el fin de superar estas limitaciones. 2010-06-30 2022-03-16T17:59:05Z 2022-03-16T17:59:05Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://www.mundoagrario.unlp.edu.ar/article/view/v10n20a06 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/26311 spa https://www.mundoagrario.unlp.edu.ar/article/view/v10n20a06/451 https://www.mundoagrario.unlp.edu.ar/article/view/v10n20a06/452 application/pdf text/html Centro de Historia Argentina y Americana Mundo Agrario; Vol. 10 No. 20 (2010) Mundo Agrario; Vol. 10 Núm. 20 (2010) Mundo Agrario; Vol. 10 N.º 20 (2010) 1515-5994 |
| spellingShingle | Landini, Fernando Pablo Extension Engineers from Formosa from the perspective of small producers. Representations, expectations and realities |
| title | Extension Engineers from Formosa from the perspective of small producers. Representations, expectations and realities |
| title_full | Extension Engineers from Formosa from the perspective of small producers. Representations, expectations and realities |
| title_fullStr | Extension Engineers from Formosa from the perspective of small producers. Representations, expectations and realities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extension Engineers from Formosa from the perspective of small producers. Representations, expectations and realities |
| title_short | Extension Engineers from Formosa from the perspective of small producers. Representations, expectations and realities |
| title_sort | extension engineers from formosa from the perspective of small producers. representations, expectations and realities |
| url | https://www.mundoagrario.unlp.edu.ar/article/view/v10n20a06 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/26311 |