TABLE 1: MALE AND FEMALE EXTENSION PERSONNEL IN AGRICULTURAL
PROGRAMS: AFRICA, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, LATIN AMERICA
AND THE CARIBBEAN, AND THE MIDDLE EAST
Home %
AFRICA Agriculture Economics Other Total Female
M F M F M F M F
Botswana 186 13 2 178 9 364 24 6
Gabon 80 11 2 91 2 2
Gambia 170 6 457 9 627 15 2
Mauritius 56 18 2 74 2 3
Nambibia 11 4 8 20 4 17
Nigeria 1106 104 680 9 1786 113 6
Senegal 1088 3 1 71 1159 4 3
Seychelles 11 3 3 1 14 4 22
South Africa 1107 2 563 1670 2 0
Togo 212 212 0
Tunisia 12 3 12 3 20
Zimbabwe 1682 23 551 72 2233 95 4
ASIA AND Home
THE PACIFIC Agriculture Economics Other Total Female
M F M F M F M F
American Samoa 4 10 14 0
Korea 4651 2 342 2647 6 7300 348 5
Malaysia 2612 383 384 1141 105 3753 872 19
Maldives 6 3 3 9 3 25
Nepal 5000 132 17 5132 17 0
New Caledonia 36 1 69 20 105 21 17
Philippines 6767 3642 1270 4639 2702 11406 7614 40
Thailand 3672 936 27 765 2002 84 5701 1785 24
Tonga 23 9 44 1 67 10 13
Vanuatu 44 5 49 0
LATIN AMERICA AND Home %
THE CARIBBEAN Agriculture Economics Other Total Female
M F M F M F M F
Belize 35 13 48 0
Bermuda 5 6 11 0
Bolivia 122 36 158 0
Costa Rica 57 45 168 40 225 85 27
El Salvador 128 76 215 61 343 137 29
Grenada 27 8 32 2 59 10 15
Guadeloupe 57 1 57 1 2
Guatemala 254 64 288 542 64 11
Honduras 180 2 53 156 8 336 63 16
St. Kitts, Anguilla, 31 3 1 10 1 41 5 11
Nevis, St. Vincent
Trinidad & Tobago 118 7 19 3 137 10 7
Uruguay 33 5 148 25 181 30 14
Source: Berger, Marguerite et al. Bridging the Gender Gap in Agricultural
Extension. International Center for Research on Women, Washington,
D.C., 1984.