@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2026.1456, 

TITLE={Does Agricultural Extension Help Improve Farmers’ Socioeconomic Conditions? Empirical Evidence Using Large Survey Data from Haiti}, 
  
AUTHOR={Bénédique PAUL
, Hallen-by G. LAMARQUE, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Science, Technology, Development}, 
	
VOLUME={6}, 

NUMBER={Issue 1}, 
	
YEAR={2026}, 

URL={https://www.openscience.fr/Does-Agricultural-Extension-Help-Improve-Farmers-Socioeconomic-Conditions}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2026.1456}, 
	
ISSN={2752-6879}, 
	
ABSTRACT={The role of agricultural extension (AE) is largely documented. It is particularly used for economic development in countries like Haiti, where a significant portion of the population is engaged in agriculture. However, it remains undocumented in Haiti. In this empirical study, we analyzed a large sample of 1374 farming households to unveil whether access to AE helped them secure a higher socioeconomic situation. According to our findings, 32.0% of the sample had access to AE during the five years before the survey. The significant factors associated to such access were location, agricultural training, telephone use, financial and social inclusion. The farming households who benefited from AE were less food insecure than their counterparts with no such innovation or information access. However, this access did not help farmers earn a higher income (neither agricultural nor non-agricultural). The study recommends that the government should put in place policies that encourage AE for farmers while paying attention to the type of innovations provided. AE programs should value ICT like telephone use and target marginal areas.}}