Extension Digest - 1998

March 1998, Theme: A Gender Perspective in agriculture, Vol. 6(1)

Abstract

Incorporating gender analysis into agricultural planning helps policy makers and planners understand how policies and programmes need to be modified if women are to be equally involved with men.

This issue focuses on success stories of women’s participation in agricultural activities, attempts of different organisations in incorporating gender into their plans and programmes and case studies of projects that have tested methods and tools to make agricultural policy and planning more gender sensitive.

July 1998, Theme: Technology management in Agriculture, Vol. 6(2)

Abstract

The National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP) has been initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, to expand ongoing reforms and innovations, consolidate earlier investments and address constraints and gaps not addressed earlier. The basic premise of NATP is that research and extension programmes should be farmer centered and demand driven. The focus of this issue of the Digest is on the Innovations in Technology Dissemination (ITD) component of the project, goals and objectives, strategy and institutional and organizational changes proposed under the project.

Oct 1998, Theme: Indigenous Knowledge, Vol. 6(3)

Abstract

Farmers all over the world have a wealth of information of their own environment and have evolved suitable indigenous farming systems and practices. The value of these indigenous knowledge systems in facilitating sustainable development is now being recognized.

This issue of the Digest focuses on some of the indigenous innovations, and documents practices evolved by farmers around the globe. The attempt here is to illustrate how farmers, with their creative urge to experiment and innovate, have learned to derive advantage from local resources and natural processes to get more form their land.

Jan 1998, Theme: Transferring Agricultural Information, Vol. 5(4)

Abstract

A crucial requirement for success of development efforts is access to accurate and timely information.This crucial nature of information makes the information technology(IT) revolution important to rural development.IT offers facilities for vast information storage,fast and inexpensive communication channels,links between media and ease of use at declining costs.

The current issue of the Digest focuses on information technology and some applications in agriculture in different countries and documents attempts made in different countries to improve transfer of agriculture information in rural areas.