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INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURE EXTENSION RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Dr. Subhash Chandra Indian Agricultural Research Institute Pusa Campus New Delhi 110012 e-mail: dc@iari.res.in; dc_iari@yahoo.com CONTENTS The Concept of Rural Development Pre-Independence Experiments in Rural development Post-Independence Rural Development Programme Etawah Project (1948-52) Assessment of Early Efforts Grow More Food Campaign The Community Development Programme (1952) Community Development and N.E.S. Era (1953 ...

Extension is essentially the means by which new knowledge and ideas are introduced into rural areas in order to bring about change and improve the lives of farmers and their families. Extension, therefore, is of critical importance. Without agricultural extension, farmers would lack access to the support and services required to

Agricultural Extension: Agriculture Extension is the process of transferring the advance agriculture technology to farming community. Importance and scope of Extension Education: The available improved agriculture technology has the potential of raising the yields of agriculture products in the country at least twice or thrice.

1973: Extension is a service or system which assists farm people, through educational procedures, in improving farming methods and techniques, increasing ...

13.06.1996 · Agricultural extension is an important tool for rural development, especially in less industrialized counties - extension workers play a vital role in educating farmers to produce better crops and more productive animals at lower cost. The new edition continues to present basic principles which can be applied to all situations, but has been revised to take account of the …

©FAO/17667/A. Conti. This course covers reforms affecting public sector agricultural extension systems and services. The continuing role of government in ...

The objectives of the course is: 1. To stimulate students interest and understanding about the concept and practice of extension and the need for extension in agricultural development 2. To discuss history of agricultural extension in the world and

Introduction to Agricultural Extension ²The art and science of crop and livestock production is known as Agriculture. ²In broader sense, agriculture comprises the entire range of technologies associated with the production of useful products from plants and animals, including soil cultivation, crop and livestock management, and the activities of processing and marketing. ²This whole process is associated to agricultural extension & advisory services.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, efforts to convey agricultural knowledge to farmers became known as extension services, a term adopted from programs at ...

Mar 16, 2015 · Agricultural Extension Unit -1 Introduction to Agricultural Extension B.Sc Agriculture II. 2. Extension Education Definition and Concepts: The term extension was first used in the United States of America in the first decade of this century to con notes the extension of knowledge from land grant colleges to the farmers through the process of informal education.

INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURE EXTENSION RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Dr. Subhash Chandra Indian Agricultural Research Institute Pusa Campus New Delhi 110012 ...

AGRICULTURE EXTENSION EDUCATION. COMMUNICATION IN AGRICULTURE. Dr. Jitendra Chauhan. Reader, Agriculture Extension. R. B. S. College, Bichpuri, Agra-282007.

Introduction to Agricultural Extension Education. Agricultural Extension: Agriculture Extension is the process of transferring the advance agriculture ...

based agricultural extension programs. This manual is a practical guide for extension workers in agriculture. It contains simple, easy to follow tools on the commonly used extension methods and an outline of how extension may be planned and implemented. Most of sources of each subjected listed in the further reading section at the end of the ...

01.05.2018 · 101: Introduction to Agriculture Extension Management. Course 101 : Introduction to Agriculture Extension Management. Start date is 01/05/2018. End date is 30/04/2019.

Agricultural Extension: Agriculture Extension is the process of transferring the advance agriculture technology to farming community. Importance and scope of Extension Education: The available improved agriculture technology has the potential of raising the yields of agriculture products in the country at least twice or thrice.

Extension Education is an out of school system of education in which adult and young people learn by doing. It is partnership between the Government and the people, which provides service and education designed to meet the needs of the people. Its fundamental objective is the development of the people.

Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education Class Notes For B.Sc (Ag)1st Year 2nd Sem Compiled by Mrs. Aparna Jaiswal & Dr Surendra Kumar Rai Department of Extension Education College of Agriculture, Balaghat Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya Jabalpur 482 …

The general aim of AEM 301 ‘’ Introduction to Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology’’ is to: 1. Stimulate your interest in agricultural extension and rural sociology. 2. Outline the contributions made by agricultural extension and rural sociology to promote agricultural development and increase food production. 3.

Agricultural extension is the application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education. The field of 'extension' now encompasses a wider range of communication and learning activities organized for rural people by educators from different disciplines, including agriculture, agricultural marketing, health, and business studies. Extension practitioners can be found throughout the world, usually working for government agen…

5. Agricultural extension is concerned with three basic educational tasks namely: • Dissemination of useful and practical information related to agriculture, ...

The principles propel extension activities and programmes which are planned to motivate the farmers to adopt the introduced technologies. This involves ...