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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development

Düvel, GH

BSc(Agric) MInstAgrar DInstAgrar(Pret) - Professor and Director: SAIAE

NRF Rating: B3

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 3246
Fax number: 012 420 3247
E-mail address: gduvel@postino.up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Agricultural technology: Adoption behaviour, processes and models

The functioning of groups and opinion leaders in the adoption of technology

Extension management and the evaluation of extension officers and extension organisations

Agricultural training

Agricultural development

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Düvel GH: 2004. Developing an appropriate extension approach for South Africa: Process and outcome. South African Journal of Agricultural Extension/Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Landbouvoorligting, 33, pp 1-10.

Düvel GH, Terblanché SE: 2004. Finding the key to successful farmer settlement: Dependency versus independency models. South African Journal of Agricultural Extension/Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Landbouvoorligting, 33, pp 20-29.

Habtemariam AG, Düvel GH: 2004. Towards a more situation appropriate and responsive extension approach for Ethiopia. South African Journal of Agricultural Extension/Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Landbouvoorligting, 33, pp 52-63.

Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:

Düvel GH: 2004. Towards an appropriate extension approach for South Africa: From model to principles. In Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE) 20th Annual Conference - Education and Extension of Multi-Functional Agriculture, AIAEE, pp 580-587.

Düvel GH, Habtemariam AG: 2004. Towards an improved prediction of adoption behaviour. In Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE) 20th Annual Conference - Education and Extension of Multi-Functional Agriculture, AIAEE, pp 667-677.

 

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