Week-1 Introduction to Agri. Extension
Agricultural Extension work is an out of school system of education in which adult and young people learn by doing. Agricultural Extension is a twoway 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.
Course Material
- Week-1 Introduction to Agri. Extension
- Week-2 Types of education, Extension, research and farmers linkages
- Week-3 Brief history/recent trends in agricultural extension
- Week-4 Characteristics and problems of Pakistani farmers
- Week-5 Organizational setup of agricultural extension in Pakistan
- week-6 Rural development, definition, Objectives, importance and indicators
- Week-7 Elements of rural development process
- Week-8 Rural development through agricultural extension work in Pakistan
- Week-9 Current issues and problems of rural development and extension work in Pakistan
- Week-10 Roles and duties of extension workers at various organizational levels
- Week-11 Extension programs and activities since 1947 to date in Pakistan
- Week-12 Role of communication and ICT in Extension and Rural Development work
- Week-13 Emerging trends of rural development in Pakistan Principles of effective extension work
- Week-14 Adoption and diffusion of agricultural innovations
- Week-15 Agricultural Technology and its application for Pakistani farmers
- Week-16 Basic concept of planning, monitoring and evaluation in Agricultural Extension
- Chapters 16
- Department College of Agriculture
- Teacher
Dr. Muhammad Yaseen
