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Planning Conducting and making follow up of extension activities

Planning Conducting and making follow up of extension activities is are very important for agriculture point of view  . it make how to ensure planning is useful and contributes to effective results . There are  six  main  point that  are important  to remember about how  planning  is done.

These  will  help  to  make   sure  the plans are useful and effective.

Planning  must be participative. Everyone who must make a key contribution to the work of the organization should be included. 

There are two  reasons  for  this. (i) it enables to draw on different ideas  and experience  to make better decisions. 
(ii)  it allows you  to build  commitment  to these decisions  by including all  those who will  need to contribute to the successful implementation  of the planning  decisions.  Participation will ensure that  every one fully understands the strategy and  plans and are committed to achieving the decisions  that  have been made. You  will  need  to  identify  all   stakeholders  that  can affect whether  you achieve your purpose  and decide  whether  and how they should be included.

 

                2)  Planning   must  be  systematic.  You  have  to ensure you have thought  through and agreed on all key issues before moving on to the next  step. For  example,  you need  to be clear about the results  you intend to achieve before you start  making  decisions about  what  action  you  will  take.  Non-profit  organizations  exist  to make  a difference  to  society, not just to  do  things. Everything  you do  must  be  relevant  to  the  results  you  intend  to  achieve.  You  may also sometimes  need to move back  to previous steps in the planning process,  if the later planning  suggests you need to rethink  some earlier decisions.

 

              3)  Planning  should  be strategic.  This  means that  you should  use  your  planning  processes  to  find  the  best  ways  of making  a  difference and  best  approach to doing this.  

All possible alternatives   should be examined, not just the ones  we are comfortable  with.  Effective planning  lays the basis for strategic thinking  and action  from everyone who will  contribute to achieving your  organization’s purpose.

 All  decisions  and action and all  use  of  resources  need  to make the  most  strategic contribution to achieving the purpose you have agreed on.

 

           4)  Planning  must  include agreements about  how  and when you will evaluate  progress  and  achievements.  You  will  need  to  make decisions  about  what  you  will  use to tell  you if you  are making progress  or  have  achieved  your  purpose.  You  will  also  need  to  agree on where you will  get the information  and when  you will  evaluate, how and who should be involved.

 

          5)  Effective  planning  requires  a  major  commitment  from everyone   in the organization. Planning  can take time . But, studies  show that  one  of  the key factors in effective planning is  how committed  the organization and the people are to the planning  process.  A further  key factor  here is that enough time should be  given to planning  effectively - it  will  save you time later.

          6)   Planning must be thought of  as a cycle of learning and improvement, not a straight line from A to B. We must continually evaluate what we are achieving and use our  learning to develop more effective ways of achieving our goals. Important things to know about planning and evaluation Planning  and  evaluation  make  a  simple  question  of  working out how we  get from  where  we are now to  where we want to  be. It  seems  as simple as using a road map to move from one place  to another.   if  you  know  exactly  where  you  are  and  where you want to be and you have a reliable  map of  the roads  you must take  to   get  there.