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.

It embodies ecological determinants about agricultural relevance, demographic variables relevant to diffusion and adoption of agricultural innovation, land use pattern, determinants of agricultural innovations, status of irrigation-the base of yield raising technology, use of high yielding variety of seeds, adoption of soil fertility measures, financing system, mechanical technology and agricultural productivity and finally the levels of adoption. Analyses the spatio-temporal, inter-societal and intra-societal variation in the adoption of agricultural development measures has been the thrust objective of this book. Salient Features - Analyses the ecological parameters, cultural background and operational infrastructure of the plateau as the major determinants of agricultural land use and adoption of agricultural development measures. - Evaluates the spatial and temporal variation in the use of agricultural development measures. - Establishes relationship between each of personal-social and economic characteristics of adopters and the extent of adoption of each of selected agricultural innovation. - Determines spatial, inter-societal and intra-societal variation in level of adoption in perspectives of above determinants. - Evaluates the impact of the components of innovations on agricultural productivity. Useful for agricultural geographers, rural development planners and executors, irrigation engineers as well as scholars of rural habitat transformation. Also, this is well befitting the syllabi of universities for post-graduate classes and highly responsive to researchers.