Extension Education and Rural Development

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The book provides an introductory knowledge about education, extension education and agricultural extension by incorporating their definition meaning concepts, objectives and principles which is basic to learners of extension education.

This book also provides basic knowledge about the concept, objectives, principles, importance, philosophy and problems, limitations, achievements, strengths and weaknesses of various community rural development programmes implemated from time to time for the benefit of rural mass both prior to independence and after the independence. The book also deals with the objectives and salient features of various agricultural development programmes viz. IADP, HYVP, IVLP, WDP, NATP, ATMA, ATIC, ITDA, IRDP, SGSY, PMEY, DWCRA, MSY, RMK, ICDS, T&V system and BBE. The book also describes constraints in rural development, changing scenario of rural India besides the role of NGOs, KVK, ICAR and SAUs in rural development.

This book has been written to serve as a handbook of extension education for student of agriculture. Home science, horticulture, forestry, fisheries, dairy science and allied disciplines in all the SAUs and extension education institutes, planners, administrators, policy makers, NGOs, extension workers, etc. involved in rural development in general and agricultural development in particular.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR L L Somani

Dr. L L Somani (b. 1945) did his graduation and Ph.D. from the University of Udaipur, Udaipur. He had all through a brilliant academic career and also holds Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism. He was awarded Post-Doctoral Commonwealth Fellowship (1975-77) to undertake research at Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide (Australia). He has also served the Gujarat Agricultural University. He is currently working as Professor at S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Jobner. He has been honoured by the 'Dhiru Morarji Memorial Award' (1984) for agricultural Science by the Fertilizer Association of India. He has published over 200 papers and articles in national and international journals of repute. He is associated with several academic societies. Besides being the editor, compiler of monumental Dictionary of Agricultural and Allied Sciences Series, Dr. Somani has published many other outstanding books.