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Worldwide Extension Study, www.worldwide-extension.org The Worldwide Extension Study provides empirical data on the human and financial resources of agricultural extension and advisory systems worldwide. This Worldwide Extension Study was initiated by the International Food Policy Research Institute, IFPRI, and funded by the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, in close collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, IICA. Modernizing Extension and Advisory Systems, MEAS, www.meas-extension.org The mission of MEAS is to be the Center of Excellence for modernizing extension and advisory systems. Extension systems in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Central America need to undergo significant change if they are to effectively serve the food security and economic development needs of resource-poor men and women farmers. New approaches must draw on full breadth of resources in public, private and civil society organizations and utilized available advanced information and communications technologies. MEAS is a Center of Excellence that seeks to promote and support such endeavors.
