Agricultural Extension
Agricultural Extension
1. AEX291 - FUNDAMENTALS OF RURAL SOCIOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY2. AEX 391 - ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
3. AEX 191 - DIMENSIONS OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
4. AEX 402 - COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNIQUES
5. AEX 402 - COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNIQUES
6. AEX 301 - EXTENSION EDUCATION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT
7. AEX 101 - RURAL SOCIOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY WITH RELATION TO EXTENSION EDUCATION (1+1)
8. AEX 101 - RURAL SOCIOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
9. AEX - COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES
Extension - Meaning:
The word extension is derived from the latin roots 'ex' - meaning 'out' and 'tensio' meaning 'stretching'. Stretching out is the meaning of extension . The word 'extension' came to be used originally in USA during 1914 which means "a branch of a university for students who cannot attend the university proper". In other words, the word extension signifies an out of school system of education. Education is an integral part of extension. The basic concept of extension is that it is education. The basic concept of extension is that it is education. Extension means that type of education which is stretched out to the people in rural areas, beyond the limits of the educational institutions to which the formal type of education is normally confined.Scope of Extension Education
Extension appears to have unlimited scope in situations where there is need for creating awareness amongst the people and changing their behavior by informing and educating them.Kelsey and Hearne (1967) identified nine areas of programme emphasis, which indicate the scope of agricultual extension.
- Efficiency in agricultural production.
- Efficiency in marketing, distribution and utilization.
- Conservation, development and use of natural resources.
- Management on the farm and in the home.
- Family living.
- Youth development.
- Leadership development.
- Community development and rural area development.
- Public affairs
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