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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION:

DEFINITIONS, OBJECTIVES & IMPORTANCE


INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

The art and science of crop and livestock production is known


as Agriculture.
In 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.
This whole process is associated to agricultural extension &
advisory services
MAIN FEATURES OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

① As a discipline it deals with the behavior of people. It is


multi disciplinary depending on anthropology, sociology,
management, economics, & communication etc.
② As a process, agricultural extension seeks to influence the
behavior of rural people through educational and
information interventions.
③ As a service, agricultural extension makes the government
ministry and university as useful sources. Keep research
scientists in contact with the practical problem being faced
by the farmers & to provide extension services.
DEFINITIONS OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

• Agricultural Extension is a two way channel: it brings scientific


information to the village people, and also takes the problems of
the village people to the scientific institution for solution. It is a
continuous educational process, in which both learner and teacher
contribute and receive.
• Agricultural Extension work is an out of school system of
education in which adult and young people learn by doing. It is
partnership between the Govt. and the people, which provides
service and education designed to meet the people. Its fundamental
objective is the development of the people.
CONTINUED…......

• Agricultural extension is a service or system which assists farm


people, through educational procedures, in improving farming
methods and techniques, increasing production efficiency and
income, bettering their levels of living and lifting the social and
educational standards of rural life.
• Agricultural Extension is a professional method of non-formal
education to bring desirable Changes in knowledge, skills,
attitudes and understanding of the rural people to improve their
Social, economic and psychological status
OBJECTIVES IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

Objectives are expressions of ends towards which our efforts


are directed or direction of movement.

Three types of objectives are:


① Fundamental Objectives
② General Objectives
③ Specific Objectives
FUNDAMENTAL OBJECTIVES

• These are the all-inclusive objectives of a society.


• They are also known as remote, basic, or overall objectives.
• A fundamental objective is to teach people how to determine
their own problems, help them acquire knowledge about the
problem, and motivate them to the extent that they will want
to do something about the problems.
• Examples of such objectives are development of the
individuals, of communities, of the society itself, and of a
county; good life, better citizenship, and democracy.
GENERAL OBJECTIVES

• These are more specific than fundamental Objectives.


• These objectives are the bases for the long term program
which aims at better crops, home, and income.
• General objective of agricultural extension is to improve the
quality of our farmer’s life through sustainable agriculture.
• To bring about desirable changes in the human behavior,
which includes change in knowledge, skill and attitude.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

• These objectives are designed to achieve general objectives.


• Specific objectives are basically smaller segments of general
objectives.
• Specific objectives are short term & narrow in focus
• Specific objectives are more in number & systematically address
various aspects of problems as defined under “statement of
problem” & key factor that is assumed to influence or cause the
problem.
SMART OBJECTIVES
IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

Some of the important points relating to Agricultural Extension are


as below:
• To bridge up the agricultural technology gap at grass root level,
Act as mediator for researchers by updating them with field
problems of farmers and to help them in developing "Demand
Driven Technology.”
• It provides information to farmers and passes to the farmers
new ideas developed by
• agricultural research stations, To develop a system of effective
research and extension linkages
CONTINUED…...

• Agricultural extension, therefore, provides the indispensable elements


that farmers need to improve their agricultural productivity. And to
improve living conditions of small scale farmers.
• Agricultural extension program cover a broad area including improved
crop varieties, better livestock control, improved water management, and
the control of weeds, pests or plant diseases.
• Where appropriate, agricultural extension may also help to build up local
farmers'
• groups and organizations so that they can benefit from extension
programs.

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