Farmer-to-farmer extension model strength, weakness and issues of sustainability

Abstract

There is plenty of information available in public domain that covers various aspects of extension and know-how about new methodologies for implementation. However, this information is often scattered and presented in complex academic language.Hence practitioners, who often have very limited time and/or may only have basic formal education, find it difficult to make use of this information. F2F model can reduce extension cost and workload of extension functionaries in a country like India where extension worker : farmer ratio is very wide. However, approach needs community as well as
government support for sustainability and scalability.