Advances and Challenges in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development - Hardcover

Rathakrishnan, T.; Thomes, M. Israel; Nirmala, L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9380235038 ISBN 13: 9789380235035

Publisher: New India Publishing Agency, 2009

Synopsis

"Extension education is no more an out -- of -- school education alone. The science and practice of extension has been found useful for environment, health, education, small industries as well. There have been many changes in the way extension should be organized. Privatization of extension is seriously being considered, extension has also been added as the third dimension of general universities as well, participatory methods of extension are being tried and new information technologies are finding application in providing useful information to farmers, scientists and students communities. The book "Advances and Challenges in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development" covers the applications of areas like extension education, extension educational technology, administration and management, human relation in development administration and human resource development, participatory approaches, recent approaches in extension techniques, extension strategies for changing agricultural scenario and rural development, transfer of technology efforts, and recent advances in research methodology which has highly innovative methods of applications and implementation. This book would prove helpful to the extension and rural development workers in planning and manipulating communication strategies. Besides that it will be useful to the students in the field of extension and rural development. This book will be very helpful to the researchers, planners, policy makers in planning and decision-making regarding agricultural extension and rural development."

About this title

About the Author

T. Rathakrishnan, Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Sociology, Agricultural College and Research Institute (Tamil Nadu Agricultural University) Madurai-624 104, Tamil Nadu, India.

M. Israel Thomas, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension Kerala Agricultural University, Munnuthy, Thrissur-680 651, Kerala, India.

L. Nirmala, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Sociology, Agricultural College and Research Institute (Tamil Nadu Agricultural University) Madurai-624 104, Tamil Nadu, India.

Edition details

• Publisher: New India Publishing Agency
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9380235038
• ISBN 13: 9789380235035
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 490