PRIVATE EXTENSION :

APPROACHES AND CHALLENGES IN THE MILLENNIUM

Indian Agriculture has a tall dream of doubling the food production by 2010. The gap between the reality and dream is very wide. We, the extension workers, have the moral responsibility and professional challenge to reduce this gap.

Even though performance of Agricultural Extension in taking the benefits of Green Revolution to the farmers, and making our country self-reliant in food production as appreciated, all is not well now. Public Extension System is questioned on economic and efficiency ground.  As a result, Extension Privatization is under active consideration in India.In this background, National Seminar on "Private Extension" was organized by MANAGE with the objective of providing a academic forum at national Level which recognize the contributions of Private Extension Services to understand their strength and weakness, learn from their innovations, generate thinking in the direction of promoting and regulating Private Extension, to visualize their role in 21^st century and prepare a suitable ground so that private and public extension work hand in hand for the benefit of farmer.

   

Director General, MANAGE

• STATUS OF PRIVATE EXTENSION IN INDIA
• ABSTRACT OF PAPERS
• Report on National Seminar on Private Extension

BOOKS

Scheme Framework of Agri-Clinics and Agri-Business Centres

With the diversification and modernization of agricultural practices, there is a need to augment support and extension services for agriculture. For this purpose, a Scheme for setting up Agriclinics and Agribusiness Centres by agricultural graduates will be launched with the support of NABARD. These centres will provide a package of soil and input testing facilities and other consultancy services .........(click on the icon to download the file)

 

Private Extension :

Indian Experiences Full Text (pdf)

Editor P. Chandra Shekara

 

Index

Chapter 1 : Pro-farmer Private Extension Approaches

Chapter 2 : Private Extension through Agri-business Companies

Chapter 3 : Private Extension through Farmer's Organisations & Farmer's Co-operatives

Chapter 4 : Private Extension through Mass Media

Chapter 5 : Private Extension through Non-Governmental Organisations

Chapter 6 : Private Extension through Agricultural Consultancy

Chapter 7 : Linkages for Mutual survival, stability and development

Chapter 8 : Experiences, Lessons and Opinions

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Editor P. Chandra Shekara