TEXTBOOK OF DIMENSIONS OF EXTENSION EDUCATION

Description ABOUT THE BOOK This is a book on dimensions of Extension Education. Extension education is education for rural people for bringing out social, cultural development as well as overall rural and agriculture development. The book begins with conceptual issues in extension and tries to establish relations and bring out the contradictions in the concepts of Extension Education. Extension Education plays a vital and major role in agriculture and rural development. The main objectives of the book are- To understand the concept and dimensions of extension education. To know about rural development and different rural development programmes in India from independence and before independence. To know the role and importance of extension education. To know current issues and schemes for rural development. This book includes the history and development of Extension Education and also includes new dimensions of Extension Education. It also includes different developmental programmes related to agricultural development and extension education. It consists of chapters pertaining dimensions of extension viz., Education & its types; Extension education; Rural development; Developmental programmes – Pre & Post independence era; Community development programme; National Extension Services; Panchayat Raj system; Agricultural developmental programmes; Social justice and poverty alleviation programmes; Women development programmes, Reorganized extension system,  Broad-Based Agricultural Extension, District Rural Development Agency, Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), New Approaches in Extension Syatem, Privatisation in Extension System, etc. CONTENT No. TITLE Page. PREFACE 3 ABOUT THE BOOK 4 OUR CONTRIBUTORS 5-6 ABOUT THE EDITORS 8 CHAPTERS 1 Education and Extension Piyush Choudhary, Manish Bera & L.L. Somani 9-21 2 Principles, Philosophy Processes and Objectives of Extension Jitendra Kumar & Priyanka Rana 22-37 3 Rural Development Anil Choudhary & L.L. Somani 38-45 4 Developmental Programmes of Pre-Independence Era Manish Bera, Piyush Choudhary & L.L. Somani 46-53 5 Developmental Programmes of Post-Independence Era  Jitendra Kumar & L.L. Somani 54-57 6 Community Development Programmes (CDP) Asha Rani, Piyush Choudhary & L.L. Somani 58-77 7 Panchyat Raj System Asha Rani, Piyush Choudhary & L.L. Somani 78-97 8 Agricultural Development Programmes Seema Dangi, Rashmi Durgapal & L.L. Somani 98-110 9 Social Justice and Poverty Alleviation Programmes Anil Choudhary & L.L. Somani 111-122 10 Women Development Programmes Kawita Bhatt & L. L. Somani 123-149 11 Reorganized Extension Systems (T&V System) Seema Dangi, Rashmi Durgapal & L.L. Somani 150-160 12 Participatorty  Rural  Appraisal –  (PRA) Saroj Choudhary & L.L. Somani 161-171 13 New Approaches In Extension Systems – (ATMA, SREP, ATIC, NAIP, RKVY) Saroj Choudhary  & L.L. Somani 172-198 14 Privatisation of Extension Systems Manish Bera, Piyush Choudhary & L.L. Somani 199-224   ABOUT THE EDITORS L.L. Somani is Retired Director, Resident Instructions, MPUAT, Udaipur. He went to Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia to undertake Post-doctoral work (1975-77). He has over 400 research and technical articles to his credit. He has authored/edited over 18 dozen of books related to Agriculture. Mrs. Priyanka Rana (b. 1992) is presently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Extension Education, School of Agricultural Sciences (SoAS), Dabok, Udaipur (Rajasthan). She has 4 years of experience in teaching, training and extension at the university level. Mrs. Rana earned her Master’s Degree in the Department of Home Science Extension & Communication Management, College of Home Science, MPUAT, Udaipur. She has authored three chapters in different books related to her discipline, published one book entitled TEXTBOOK OF AGRICULTURAL JOURNALISM  published by the Agrotech Publishing Academy, five research papers in journals of national and international repute besides one book chapter, eight technical articles in various agricultural magazines. She is teaching almost all the courses prescribed for B.Sc. Agriculture (Hons. Degree) and is acting as In-Charge of RAWE programme at the college level. OUR CONTRIBUTORS 1.    Mr. ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY Ph.D. Research Scholar (Extension Education) Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur – 313 001 (Rajasthan) E-mail ID: [email protected] 2.    Dr. L. L. SOMANI Retired Director, Resident Instructions MPUAT, Udaipur – 313 001 (Rajasthan) E-mail ID: [email protected] 3.    Dr. PIYUSH CHOUDHARY Research Fellow (Agronomy) Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur – 313 001 (Rajasthan) E-mail ID: [email protected] 4.    DR. SAROJ CHOUDHARY Scientist ( Agriculture Extension) Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bhavnagar (Gujarat) E-mail ID: [email protected] 5.    Dr.  SEEMA DANGI Young Professional, Department of Extension Education and Communication Management College of Community & Applied Sciences, MPUAT Udaipur – 313 001 (Rajasthan) Email ID: [email protected] 6.    Mr. JITENDRA KUMAR Ph.D. Scholar (Extension Education) Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur – 313 001 (Rajasthan) E-mail ID: [email protected] 7.    Miss ASHA RANI Ph.D.  Scholar (Extension Education & Communication Management) College of Community Science, SKRAU, Bikaner – 334 001 (Rajasthan) E-mail ID: [email protected] 8.    Miss KAWITA BHATT Ph.D. Scholar (Agriculture Extension and Communication) College of Agriculture, GBPUAT,  Pantnagar-263145 (Uttarakhand) E-mail ID: [email protected] 9.    Mr. MANISH BERA Ph.D. Scholar (Agronomy) Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur – 313 001 (Rajasthan) E-mail ID: [email protected] 10.      Miss RASHMI DURGAPAL Ph.D. Scholar (Extension Education and Communication Management) College of Community & Applied Sciences, MPUAT Udaipur – 313 001 (Rajasthan) E-mail ID: [email protected] 11.      Mrs. PRIYANKA RANA Assistant Professor (Extension Education), School of Agricultural Sciences, Dabok, Udaipur (Rajasthan) E-mail ID: [email protected]