Characteristics of Extension through time Flashcards
Module 2: History of Extension
What year focused on interpersonal communication and community development?
1950s - 1960s
What year is this characteristic being described:
Confidence in Western technology led to the adoption of the “diffusion” model or
“technology transfer” model of extension delivery – a hierarchy process of technology
transfer backed by advances in mass media
1950s - 1960s
What approaches were developed in 1970s?
Development of integrated rural development approaches
What systems emerged during the 1970s?
Training and Visit (T&V) extension systems
What year did the Agricultural extension became attached to the Ministry/Department of Agriculture?
1950s - 1960s
What year increased emphasis on participatory approaches?
1980s
True or False:
Preoccupation with increasing productivity of women and preserving ecosystems
along with attempted cost recovery and privatization schemes is a characteristic in 1980s.
True
New approaches were piloted in an environment of fiscal stringency.
1990s
Pluralism in extension provision
1990s
Fall of the T&V and emergence of Farmer Field Schools
1990s
Focus on changing the mindset of extension agents
1990s
Pluralism in extension provision
1990s
Growth of the FSR-E and institutionalization
1980s
Research and extension linkage made more functional.
Current scenario
Lessen the resource burden upon the central government or on a single agency, or
the private sector, or farmers themselves
Current scenario
