Evaluation of a FSR/E project : cost and benefits of research and extension

Using a comprehensive survey of the rates of addoption of the FSR/E innovations, an ex-post analysis is made of the net benefits of the research and extension undertaken to date. In a complementary approach, an ex-ante analysis is performed to determine the costs and benefits of a formal extension program of these innovations. Combining the two analyses, it is shown that the relatively high costs involved in developing FSR/E innovations may be justified only if there is wide-scale adoption of such practices outside the FSR/E project's defined sites of intervention. (Author abstract)