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State of Agricultural Extension reforms in India and the need of convergence


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1 Division of Agricultural Extension, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
2 ZTM & BPD Unit, ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
3 OUAT, Bhubaneswar 751 003
 

Extension reforms play a significant role in catalysing the extant policies and provisions that are affecting the extension service across India. Although the country has seen a series of reforms in the past seven decades, the changing contours of agriculture over the years demand new sets of interventions and reform measures. Regimes in the past decades have brought a series of measures to strengthen the extension system. The present study found that the most of the reforms were concentrated on a single theme and even the multiple reforms were overlapping with similar mandates. This resulted in poor performance and poor accessibility to the needy households. Moreover, during the pandemic the existing system reforms showed a fair amount of refinement. Therefore, the study highlights the importance of convergence across common themes of various interventions brought in to enhance the extension services
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Authors

Rabindra Nath Padaria
Division of Agricultural Extension, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
P. C. Ranjith
ZTM & BPD Unit, ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
Radhika Tanwar
Division of Agricultural Extension, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
Simantini Shasani
OUAT, Bhubaneswar 751 003

Abstract


Extension reforms play a significant role in catalysing the extant policies and provisions that are affecting the extension service across India. Although the country has seen a series of reforms in the past seven decades, the changing contours of agriculture over the years demand new sets of interventions and reform measures. Regimes in the past decades have brought a series of measures to strengthen the extension system. The present study found that the most of the reforms were concentrated on a single theme and even the multiple reforms were overlapping with similar mandates. This resulted in poor performance and poor accessibility to the needy households. Moreover, during the pandemic the existing system reforms showed a fair amount of refinement. Therefore, the study highlights the importance of convergence across common themes of various interventions brought in to enhance the extension services

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv123%2Fi3%2F264-270