Expert to Facilitator
Issues on Changing Role of Extension Personnel under Extension Reforms
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Authors
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U. Barman
G.B.Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar
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B. Kumar
G.B.Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar
Keywords:
Facilitator, Extension Reforms, Extension PersonnelAbstract
All extension work takes place within a process of development, and cannot be considered as an isolated activity. Extension programmes and extension personnel are part of the development of rural societies. (Oakley and Garforth, 1 S985). After independence, India has given due attention to the development of the public extension system. The Community Development Programme (CDP) was initiated in 1952 and National Extension Service (NES) in 1953. The large-scale food deficits of late 1950s compelled the Government to abandon its comprehensive rural development strategy in favour of increasing food production. This was the beginning of the intensive approach. The launching of the World Bank funded Training and Visit (T&V) System in 1974 was a radical reform to streamline the agricultural extension delivery process
