Agricultural Economics and Development

Agricultural Economics and Development

Compiling the conceptual model from integrating local and formal knowledge by the use of grounded theory in order to achieve a suitable extension strategy

Document Type : Original Article

Author
abdolhamid papzan
Department of agricultural development and extention, faculty of agriculture, Razi university
10.30490/aead.2007.58896
Abstract
One of the notable topics in recent decade has been the use of local knowledge in different programs, activities and processes for rural development. New point of views denote that in , especially, agricultural extension , the effective model should be the formal & local knowledge integration since rural people enjoy local knowledge systems that alongside with new technologies can result in appropriate achievements. The present paper is after realizing this goal but what is important here is the methodology of this study. The Grounded Theory is the proper method used here by the use of which a conceptual model is obtained that presents a suitable extension strategy in the given region.