Ag. Ext. 3.1 Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education
- Education: Meaning, definition & Types; Extension Education- meaning, definition, scope and process; objectives and principles of Extension Education; Extension Programme planning- Meaning, Process, Principles and Steps in Programme planning. Extension systems in India (TOT).Extension efforts in pre-independence era (Sriniketan, Marthandam, Firka Development Scheme, Gurgaon Experiment, etc.) and postindependence era (Etawah Pilot Project, Nilokheri Experiment, CDP, NES etc.) various extension/ agriculture development programmes launched by ICAR/ Govt. of India (IADP, IAAP, HYVP, IVLP, ORP, ND, NATP, NAIP, etc. --Name, Year with Important Remarks)Rural Development: concept, meaning, definition; various rural development programmes launched by Govt. of India viz. Panchayat Raj System, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana, Antyodaya Anna Yojana, Deendayal Upadhyaya Gramin KoushalyaYojana, Deendayal Disable Rehabilitation Scheme, Gramin BandharanYojana, Rural Housing(IndraAwasYojana) Integrated Child Development Scheme, Integrated Rural Development Programme, Livestock Insurance Scheme, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, National Food Security Mission, National rural Livelihood mission, pradhanmantri AwasYojana, Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgara Yojana (Name, Year with Important Remarks). New trends in agriculture extension: KVK, ATMA, ATIC in detail , Brief about privatization extension, cyber extension/eextension, market-led-extension, farmer-led -extension, expert systems, etc. Monitoring and evaluation- concept and definition, monitoring and evaluation of extension programmes. Transfer of Technology-Concept and models