Scientific research in rural extension around the world: insights for building knowledge
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ABSTRACT. Rural extension services are responsible for disseminating technologies and information to rural producers, thus playing an important role in promoting equitable rural development. In this study, we carried out a bibliometric analysis of the science produced on rural extension in the period 2003-2023. The analysis involved searching for articles on the Portal de Periódicos Capes, Scopus, and Web of Science (WoS) platforms, although we only used WoS for data processing. Our search revealed 190 documents indexed in WoS, indicating that the scientific community's attention to the subject is still incipient, although there has been relatively strong growth in recent years. The countries with the most publications on rural extension were Brazil (n = 93) and Argentina (n = 31). The Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnica and the Universidade Federal de Viçosa were the organizations with the most articles. The most cited terms in the publications over the period studied were "farmers" and "rural development", while the topics "agroecology" and "public policies" were prevalent in recent articles. This study could be useful as a guideline for establishing new research aimed at advancing scientific knowledge in the field of rural extension, especially in countries of the Global South.
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