Agricultural Extension is the application of scientific research and knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education. It plays a crucial role in promoting agricultural productivity, increasing food security, improving rural livelihoods, and promoting agriculture for the economic growth of every country. The study of Agricultural Extension as a subject is interwoven with different concepts, facts and figures. The objective of preparing this book is to help the readers to quickly grasp the concepts in a comprehensive, systematic and effective manner. The compilation of this book is mainly to present the relevant concepts being asked in various examinations being conducted by ASRB, ARS, SRF, JRF/NET and other entrance examinations. The concepts under each heading gives an overall idea about different aspects of Agricultural Extension. It gives insights and acts as a quick guide on Agricultural Extension. Moreover, the abbreviations given at the end will give the candidates an overall idea about the questions being asked in competitive examinations. Since efforts were made to compile the reliable information, there may be some important concepts be missing. If so, the readers are welcome to give their valuable suggestions and to point out errors, if any, for improving the quality of the book.

The framework of development; Understanding extension; Social and cultural factors in extension; Extension and comunication; Extension methods; The extension agent; The planning and evaluation of extension programmes; Extension an special target groups.

Agriculture is a broad subject. After passing graduation, higher degrees are done in specialized field of Agriculture so there is no need to read all Agriculture subjects in M. Sc. and Ph. D. But for the preparation of various agriculture competition examinations students have to read all the basic books of Agriculture to cover syllabus. That time most of students don’t have all the necessary books and too much time to read them. Therefore to overcome these problems we write this book through reading various books and other sources of Agriculture to cover brief and best information of subjects (Agronomy, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Agricultural Microbiology, Physiology, Agricultural Entomology, Plant Pathology, Horticulture, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Extension And Agricultural Statistics) in one book. The students will treat this book as a competitive book not a text book for various degree courses.

From 2001 to 2006, Richard L. Cates Jr. interviewed senior members of more than 30 families living in and around Arena township, a small community in southern Wisconsin. He asked them about growing up in rural America and their connection to a way of life that is vanishing in the twenty-first century. The result, Voices from the Heart of the Land, is a collection of reminiscences, observations, and opinions celebrating the stewardship of the land and the values of the stewards. Of course, as Cates points out, these are nothing less than “our core human values—integrity, commitment, responsibility, citizenship, self-determination, decency, kindness, love, and hope.”