The process of implementing agricultural extension activities of the system is also negatively affected because district and provincial agricultural extension agents often do not understand the actual situation in communes, villages, and hamlets. Activities concurrently taking on the role of grassroots agricultural extension by commune officials, village heads, and street group leaders are also limited due to work pressure as well as the suitability of expertise. The AE activities include selecting sites to build demonstration models, organizing field workshops and field visits, and promoting the spread of new techniques in agriculture, therefore being restricted.

The survey results of farming households form RATES also showed that the agricultural extension model implemented by international organizations has many advantages. However, it depends heavily on the project implementation time, so the effectiveness in the long run is very limited. According to the rice reduction emission practice case in Can Tho, the adoption level of agriculture techniques in the projects is not maintained stably and synchronously, and agricultural extension officers of international organizations are often very strict in ensuring the requirements of transferred technology.