Module 1: Extension

Question 1

CONCEPT OF EXTENSION

Answer 1

1. agricultural performance
2. rural community development
3. comprehensive non-formal continuing community education

Question 2

DEFINITION: LEAGANS, 1961

Answer 2

1. putting knowledge to work

Question 3

DEFINITION: KELSEY AND HEARNE, 1963

Answer 3

1. out-of-school system of education
2. learn by doing

Question 4

DEFINITION: MAUNDER, 1973

Answer 4

1. service/system assisting farm people
2. use of educational procedures

Question 5

DEFINITION: SWANSON AND CLAAR, 1984

Answer 5

1. process of getting useful information to assist people in acquiring necessary knowledge

Question 6

DEFINITION: BAN AND HAWKINS, 1985, 1977

Answer 6

1. conscious use of communication
2. help people make good decisions

Question 7

DEFINITION: ROLINGS, 1988

Answer 7

1. professional communication intervention
2. induce change in voluntary behavior

Question 8

DEFINITION: BLACKBURN AND FLAHERTY, 1994

Answer 8

1. transfer and spread of technology and technical information

Question 9

DEFINITION: BIRNER, 2009

Answer 9

1. set of organizations
2. support and facilitate people

Question 10

DEFINITION: CHRISTOPLOS, 2010

Answer 10

1. system that facilitates the access of farmers

Question 11

EXTENSION IN OTHER COUNTRIES

Answer 11

1. German : Beratung (advisory work)
2. Hindi : Vistaar (to extend)
3. Arabic : Al-Ershad (guidance)

Question 12

CLASSIFICATION OF EXTENSION FUNCTIONS

Answer 12

1. operation of national extension systems
2. institutional settings
3. function in various sectors

Question 13

EXTENSION FUNCTIONS BASED ON OPERATION OF NATIONAL EXTENSION SYSTEMS

Answer 13

1. information delivery
2. educational program delivery
3. problem-solving
4. information feedback
5. adaptive research
6. community organizing

Question 14

EXTENSION FUNCTIONS BASED ON INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS

Answer 14

1. primary
2. secondary
3. supportive

Question 15

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS

Answer 15

1. agricultural extension service

Question 16

SECONDARY FUNCTION

Answer 16

1. private firms and cooperatives

Question 17

SUPPORTIVE FUNCTION

Answer 17

1. credit institutions, supply agencies, marketing agencies

Question 18

EXTENSION FUNCTIONS IN VARIOUS SECTORS

Answer 18

1. agriculture
2. education
3. health
4. industry
5. rural development

Question 19

PURPOSE OF EXTENSION

Answer 19

1. informative (provide information)
2. persuasive (induce positive attitude)
3. emancipatory (correct structural problems)
4. formative (develop human being)

Question 20

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND RURAL ADVISORY SERVICES

Answer 20

1. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)
2. GFRAS (Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services)

Question 21

OTHER TERMS FOR ADVISORY SERVICES

Answer 21

1. rural advisory services
2. agricultural advisory services

Question 22

EXTENSION ACTORS

Answer 22

1. extension workers
2. extensionists
3. agricultural extension workers
4. extension agents
5. extension advisers
6. change agents
7. development facilitators