Extension Course Outline
EXT 401 EXTENSION APPROACHES FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 3 (1+2) Theory Participatory extension approaches RRA, PRA and PLA: meaning, features, principles, techniques; demand driven extension: meaning, features, model; reorganized extension system; broad based extension: meaning, concept; farmer led extension: meaning, features, scope and importance; farming systems approach and farming situation based extension: concept, characters, activities and scope; strategic research and extension plan: meaning and importance; group led extension: meaning, concepts, procedures, advantages and limitations; market led extension: meaning, problems in agricultural marketing, characteristics, approaches and strategies; privatization of agriculture extension services and public private partnership: meaning, problems in public extension, reasons for privatization, approaches, possibilities; voluntary organizations in agricultural extension-scope and importance, limitations. Pract