Week-3 Brief history/recent trends in agricultural extension

Concept of Extension Derived from Latin words “ex” meansoutand “tensio” means Stretching.

Agriculture Extension is that type of education which is stretched out  to people in the rural areas far and near, beyond the  limits of the educational institutionsto which the formal  type of education is usually confined.

„The birth of the modern extension service has been attributed to events that took place in Ireland in the middle of the 19th century. „Between 1845–51 the Irish potato crop was destroyed by fungal diseases and a severe famine occurred. The British Government arranged for "practical instructors" to travel to rural areas and teach small farmers how to cultivate alternative crops. This scheme attracted the attention of government officials in Germany, who organized their own system of travelinginstructors. By the end of the 19th century, the idea had spread to Denmark, Netherlands, Italy, and France.

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