Participatory and generalist systems in agricultural and rural extension in Cuba/Los sistemas participativos y generalistas en la extension agraria y rural en Cuba

• Published in: Cultivos tropicales Vol. 43; no. 4; p. 1
• Main Authors: Rosales-Jenqui, Pedro Rafael, Salguero-Rubio, Zulema, Herrera-Altuve, Jose Alfredo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Editorial Universitaria de la Republica de Cuba 01.10.2022
• Subjects: Cuba
• ISSN: 0258-5936

Agrarian Extension is subject to a wide range of interpretations, some complementary, others contradictory. An Agrarian Extension System is characterized by its approach, the objective and the place that each participant occupies in the extension practice. In addition, it conditions the work of the participatory extensionist he could be specialized or generalist, in correspondence with the participatory or vertical approach. Cuban information and experiences were reviewed, with the objective of knowing how some generalist and participatory paradigms are manifested in agricultural extension practices developed in Cuba. The analysis showed that it is currently accepted that, in order to achieve an important transformation of the agrarian and rural environment, the action of all the actors that affect agriculture must be promoted and considers this as an integral system. Despite the fact that generalist and participatory extension practices have existed, and do exist, in Cuba, at the present they are not integrally generalized in the country's agriculture system.