Views of Extension Advisors in Privatization of Limpopo Extension System | Chapter 7 | Business, Management and Economics: Research Progress Vol. 2

 

The present study provides a very partial picture with regard to the issue of privatization and outsourcing in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The author has taken only the viewpoints of the public extension personnel, and not of the other stakeholders like farmers’ organizations, research institutions, agricultural scientists, and representatives from tertiary education institutions. There is no one set of challenges that justifies the privatization of extension and advisory services both in developed and developing areas. It is argued that factors that can influence privatization include; limited budget provisions and ineffectiveness of extension and advisory services. According to studies commissioned by the World Bank, there are many lessons to be learned from the literature about the successes and failures of privatization in organizations throughout rich and developing nations. Regrettably, South Africa was left out of these studies. This is the reason this study was carried out in South Africa's Limpopo Province to determine whether privatization and outsourcing are acceptable or not.

 

This chapter explores options for privatization in South Africa with a focus on Limpopo Province. A sample of 324 extension officers out of 700 extension officers from the province was taken from the five districts of Limpopo constituting a sample of 46%, and their opinions were gathered through quantitative design. The results show that extension efficiency was falling below the international standards when measured through the input/output ratio of 100/130. The majority of extension advisors (70%) showed resistance to privatization, and the mean scale of the benefits of privatization was rated 6.7 as the highest in 7 categories. The extension advisors did not perceive any benefits for privatization and hence rated 38% from all the districts. The varying choices could therefore be attributed to different judgements of competence of the alternative community structures. The respondents did not support a situation where officials from Local Government would take over the responsibility of extension services. The chapter concludes with recommendations that warn that privatization ought to be taken with great care because the marginalized and small-scale farmers cannot afford to pay for extension services.

 

Author(s) Details

Zwane E. M.
Agricultural Extension in the Centre of Rural and Community Empowerment (CRCE), School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of Limpopo, South Africa.

 

 

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Airport Privatization in India: Case of Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi | Chapter 4 | An Overview on Business, Management and Economics Research Vol. 3

 This research focuses on the runway privatization in India, with a distinguishing case study of the privatization of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in Delhi. Public-Private Partnerships, or PPPs, have existed used since the 1990s in India to contain the private sector in airstrip development, modernisation, and movement. Successful PPP implementation maybe seen loose international airports like IGIA, Indira Gandhi in Delhi, CSIA Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, Cochin in Kochi, etc. This study tests the motivations, processes, outcomes, and guide the privatization of IGIA. The Indian airports are perceived as being having to do with money-oriented than management-owned. Privatization measures were therefore put into practice. By bright private investments in the explanation of airport infrastructure, India's installation shortage has happened fueled. With the beginning of Cochin International Airport in 1999, the GoI took meaningful initiatives by means of the business subdivision. It has promoted PPP strategies in brownfield and new airfield developments because 2006. There were six airports covered under PPP model compromises altogether. One of the notable PPP actions in the Indian airport manufacturing was the IGIA. An active PPP project is IGIA. The DIAL PPP foundation has been effective in bright private sector assets in airport foundation and in enhancing the condition of services determined by the airports. It's main to note that determining whether the IGIA PPP was profitable or unsuccessful will delay.

Author(s) Details:

Mohan Phuyal,
Department of Economics, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan.

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Use of “Privatization”: A Socioeconomic Point of View | Chapter 8 | Current Aspects in Business, Economics and Finance Vol. 2

 

The main objectives of privatization are to improve the financial health of the public sector, strengthen the role of the private sector in job creation, and provide free resources for use in public-interest sectors like education, security, health, housing, transportation, and other infrastructure development initiatives. Production efficiency increases also contribute to faster economic growth and development. Globalization has led to a significant increase in the prevalence of privatization. Privatizations carried out with the intention of reducing the deficit and paying off debts could provide a fictitious sense of temporary prosperity. However, the primary objectives of privatizations are gradually moving toward secondary goals, with the majority of privatizations attempting to reduce the public financial deficit. Through hurried and improper privatizations, societies suffer significant long-term losses when institutions that were built up over time with public monies and have historical and social relevance for nations are transferred to the private sector. In order to address the public financial deficit, privatizations escalated in our country in the 1980s. However, at this time, debts mounted even more, effective institutions were destroyed, and public losses became apparent. The majority of public-private partnership ventures, which should be viewed as a kind of privatization, have cost the general public significantly more than their true costs. As a result, when the privatizations were taken in their entirety, the public suffered more losses than gains.

Author(s) Details:

Abdullah Murat Tuncer,
Department of Political Science, Conley American University, Honolulu, USA.

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Determining the Knowledge of Privatization of Agricultural Extension Services and Influencing Factors | Chapter 18 | New Innovations in Economics, Business and Management Vol.1

 The current study was conducted in five districts of Haryana with the goal of determining farmers' awareness about various privatisation of agricultural extension services (PAES) and the relationship between PAES knowledge and farmers' socioeconomic characteristics. The study's 200 farmers had all heard about the privatisation of agricultural extension services (PAES), had obtained information about PAES, knew the name and location of PAES, and had used PAES for agricultural objectives. They also recognised that PAES offered a variety of inputs, including HYV, seedlings, fertilisers, crop protection, spray pumps, infrastructure, and agricultural value addition. More than three-quarters of farmers (82.50 percent) had a good degree of knowledge on PAES. Extension contact (0.198) and education (0.179) were both very significant and positively associated with farmers' knowledge of agricultural extension services privatisation. Other important variables such as age, family type, occupation, land ownership, cropping intensity, irrigation facilities, social participation, socio-economic status, mass media participation, economic motivation, risk preference, and scientific orientation were found to be positively associated but not significant.

Author(S) Details

Jasvinder Kaur
Extension Education Institute, Nilokheri, India.

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