Building Agricultural Extension Capacity in Post-Conflict Settings

Paul McNamara (Edited By) - Dr. Paul McNamara currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign after beginning his career at the University with an appointment as an extension specialist. In his current role, Dr. McNamara uses tools from consumer economics and health economics to help consumers, communities, and public-policy makers enhance the welfare of health-care consumers. Other work and research has focused on the economics of agricultural development in a range of countries. Dr. McNamara also serves at the Project Director for the USAID-funded Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services (MEAS) project, which works with country governments to strengthen extension systems and services to farmers. Through MEAS, Dr. McNamara has overseen numerous capacity building exercises, field-level extension programs, and extension-related research. Dr. McNamara received his PhD from the University of Minnesota, MPP from the Kennedy School at Harvard University, and his BA from Wheaton College.

• 1: Agricultural Extension in Post-Conflict Liberia: Progress Made and Lessons Learned 2: Strengthening Agriculture Extension in Post-War Sierra Leone: Progress and Prospects for Increased Extension Impact 3: Challenges in Rebuilding the Agricultural Extension System in the Democratic Republic of Congo 4: Enhancing Food Security in the World’s Youngest Nation: A Case Study of Agricultural Extension in South Sudan 5: Mozambique: Rebuilding Agricultural Extension in the Post-Conflict Period (1993–2015) 6: Beyond Enabling Livelihoods: Agricultural Extension in Post-War Rebuilding and Reconciliation in the North of Sri Lanka 7: Agricultural Extension in Post-Conflict Myanmar (Burma): Context and Lessons Learned 8: Agricultural Extension in Iraq, 2003–2012: Perspectives of US Partnerships during Conflict 9: Post-Conflict Rebuilding of Afghanistan’s Agricultural Extension System 10: Tajikistan: Creating Agricultural Extension Services in a New Post-Soviet, Post-Conflict State 11: The Development of Extension Services in Post-Soviet, Post-Conflict Georgia 12: Agricultural Extension in Post-Conflict Guatemala: Achievements and Challenges in Building a New National System 13: Synthesis: The Political Economy of an Extension Service Provider on the Frontline of Conflict