1. Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services:
Defining the Challenges of the
21st Century
MEAS Global Learning Exchange
on Best Fit Approaches in Brent M. Simpson
Extension and Advisory Services Michigan State University
Washington, D.C., June 6, 2012

2. World Population Growth
World Bank: 100
percent increase in
cereal production by
2050;
FAO: 70 percent
increase in cereal
production by 2050.

3. The World We Live In
Agriculture
Climate Energy

4. The World We Live In -- Energy
Agriculture
Climate Energy

5. Energy – Demand
Agriculture uses approximately 12 percent of
total energy

6. Energy – Production
Past “peak oil”

7. Energy – Prices

8. The World We Live In -- Energy
Agriculture
Climate Energy

9. Climate – Trends (temperature)

10. Climate – Trends (preciptitation)

11. Climate – Disruption

12. The World We Live In -- Energy
Agriculture
Climate Energy

13. Agriculture – Big Picture

14. Agriculture – Land

15. Agriculture – Water
Agriculture uses
70 – 80 percent of
fresh water.

16. Agriculture – Inputs

17. Agriculture – Productivity Gains

18. Agriculture – Food Prices

19. Our Common Future: Agriculture-Energy
Agriculture
Climate Energy

20. Our Common Future: Agriculture-Energy

21. Our Common Future: Energy - Climate
Agriculture
Climate Energy

22. Our Common Future: Energy - Climate

23. Our Common Future: Climate - Agriculture
Agriculture
Climate Energy

24. Our Common Future: Climate - Agriculture

25. Our Common Future: Climate - Agriculture
Adapted from Easterling and Apps, 2005, in Holdren, 2008

26. Our Common Future: Climate - Agriculture

27. What does this mean for AES?
• Better educated field staff and managers
• Improved access to different types of information
• Greater inter-sectorial coordination
• Higher levels of collaboration between EAS actors
• Contextualized reliance on markets
• Recognition of and increased reliance on farmer
agency

28. This presentation was given by:
Dr. Brent Simpson
Michigan State University
on behalf of MEAS
at the Global Learning Exchange on Best Fit Approaches in Extension and
Advisory Services
Washington, D.C.
on June 6, 2012

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