Week 13: Adoption and diffusion of agricultural innovations
Course Material
- week 1: Orientation of students & Introduction of the course. , basic definitions of Agricultural extension, and importance
- week 2: Types of education and application in extension work.
- week 3: Principles of effective extension work. Objectives of extension.
- Week 4: Brief history/recent trends in agricultural extension,
- week 5: Organizational setup of agricultural extension in Pakistan
- week 6: Rural development, its definition/concept, objectives, importance and indicators
- week 7: Rural development through agricultural extension work in Pakistan
- week 8: Characteristics and problems of Pakistani farmers
- week 9: Mid Term Exams
- 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: Adoption and diffusion of agricultural innovations
- week 14: Agricultural Technology and its application for Pakistani farmers
- Week 15: Extension, research and farmers linkages
- week 16: Basic concept of planning monitoring and evaluation in extension programms
- week 17: class presentations & review of final term exams
- week 18: Final term examination
- Chapters 18
- Department College of Agriculture
- Teacher
Ms. Saima Sadaf
