Title: Roads of agricultural extension in India - intentions and realities

Authors: Rupinder Kaur; Pretty Bhalla

Addresses: Mittal School of Business, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India ' Mittal School of Business, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India

Abstract: Agricultural extension services in India, likewise most of the developing economies, have been delivered and funded by the public sector. The literature, very rightly, recognised its role in the overall development of the Indian agricultural sector, whereas, few studies also claimed that the agricultural extension system in India is not satisfactory and having little reach to farmers. Considering this fact in consort with the varying nature of Indian agriculture and information requirements of Indian farmers, the paper reviewed some of the major public extension initiatives in India and various factors responsible for distressing the performance of extension officials. While reviewing this, viewpoints from other countries on their extension system had been considered as well. In addition to this, this paper also recommended few areas for future research so that the public extension system can be strengthened and the performance of extension officials can be improved for overall agricultural development in the country.

Keywords: agricultural extension; public extension system; extension officials; T&V; ATMA; NMAET; Krishonnati Yojana; India.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPSPM.2024.137199

International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management, 2024 Vol.13 No.2, pp.232 - 243

Received: 24 Mar 2020
Accepted: 27 Jan 2021
Published online: 05 Mar 2024 *

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