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Agriculture Extension approaches

Submitted to: Mr. Shabir AhmadSubmitted by: Seerat SaleemClass: BSC(HONS) Agri-sciencesSection: (B)

University of Agriculture FaisalabadSub-Campus: Burewala,vehari

What is agricultural extension approaches

This approach often focuses on the expressed needs of farmers' groups and its goal is increased production and an improved quality of rural life.

What is agricultural extension

Agricultural Extension is an on-goingProcess that communicate useful information to people & assist them to use the information or technologyto improve the quality of their life, their families and communities.

Role of agricultural extension approaches

•On –farm demonstrations.•Agricultural information service.•Crop maximization programmes.•Extension through fellow farmers.•Credit-bases extension.•Women’s extension service.•Training & visit system (T&V).

On –farm demonstrations

A Demonstration farm is a farm which is used primarily to demonstrated various agricultural techniques, with any Economic gain being an added bonus.

ConductingOn –farm demonstrations

•Diagnosis•Planning•Establishment and Management•Evaluating•Recommendation and Diffusion

Agriculture information service

Agricultural information interacts with and influences agricultural productivity in a variety of ways. It can help inform decisions regarding land, labor, livestock, capital and management. Agricultural productivity can arguably be improved by relevant, reliable and useful information and knowledge.

Package agriculture information service

•Introduced the latest technology•Magazine and broacher will be brought up•Understand the farmer language •Check the update •Visiting the farmers•Analysis the fields

Crop maximization programmes

Crop maximization programmes applied on a large scale.

Crop maximization programmes

•Tehsil/Councils show the technology impact•A efficient corporation •Research •Try to enhance the farmer input•To help the farmer for achieve the high production•A short period through a multiplier effect

Extension through fellow farmers

The best education of farmer is the farmer community can be fellow farmer that have great reputation for efficient production

Efficient productionExtension through fellow farmers

•Experience & knowledge.•Utilization the knowledge with other farmer in the area.•Start the agriculture related business.•Farmers mostly cradle the animals.

Credit-based extension

Growth is also an important factor that determine their own abilities to use the urged technologies.

Availability credit-based extension

•Most of farmers have a very short cash.•They need credit of the hills & desert areas.•If they know how the technology then making credit.•Credit availability is very effective.

women extension service

When talking about the rural side women work in agriculture they have play very important rule, in these side women that have a opportunities to enhance the skills and abilities.

Womenextension service

•Rural women operating the different farm types in home.•Started the different agriculture education programme.•Start the training & education of women's.•The women extension service is started in some Punjab provision.•Women played a very imported role in development of the country.

T&V system

The T&V system in Agricultural Extension Education is design for building a lined professional extension service that is capable of guiding the farmers in agricultural production & raising their income by providing appropriate plans for country development.

Purpose of T&V system

•Field & farmer preference should be maintained.•Work should be time-bound.•Training should be regular & continue.•Extension should be closely linked with the research.•Extension function should be solely.