Research in Field Extension – an approach for sustainability
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Authors
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Keila Lakshmana
Extension Education Institute, ANGR Agricultural University, Hyderabad
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J.M. Iqbal
Dept. of AE & RS, TNAU
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R. Netaji Seetharaman
Dept. of AE & RS, TNAU
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R. Ranga Swamy
TNA U, Coimbatore
Keywords:
Field Extension, sustainability, biological sciences, agricultural development, extension researchAbstract
Though the need for research in physical and biological sciences has been well recognised for centuries, the importance of research in social and behavioural sciences including extension was not recognised. The research in agricultural extension is of relatively recent origin traced back to mid-1950. It was born out of practical considerations such as making improvement on extension work. Studies on communication methods and social change were needed to make effective interventions for increasing farm production. Though the research in extension is 40 years old. India is one of the important centres in extension research (Singh, 1998). The history of extension discipline in India reveals that organised effort in extension research started with establishment of discipline of extension in agricultural colleges and farm Universities. It was evolved through continuous rythemic shift with the changing needs of farming community and it need to be strengthened further in the 2ist century with the changing concept in agricultural development
