The main objective of the study is to examine the impact of agricultural extension in the development of Eritrean … agriculture extension, and some significant factors that could improve the efficiency of agricultural extension. It is evident … agricultural extension in order to increase agricultural production and eventually to minimize the high level of poverty in the …

despite rapid population increase, given its heavy reliance on the work of its pluralistic extension system. But so far today … paternalistic), Advisory work (persuasive participatory), Human resource development (educational paternalistic) and Facilitation … for empowerment (educational participatory) are the four paradigm of extension education. In light of the context and …

. The natural policy question then is: Would it be wise to keep the promise or would an extension be better? This paper … presents five arguments and evidence why the extension of the program is better than keeping the promise to limit it to five … and for reducing the transmission of intergenerational poverty in the long run; (c) the extension could provide great …