AGEX 206: Approaches to Extension

Concepts and relationships between extension, technological and institutional innovation; objectives and importance of extension services. History of development of extension worldwide. Contribution of extension to agricultural and rural development / potential of agricultural extension in developing countries; Major problems and constraints to extension’s effectiveness and challenges in agricultural extension and agricultural development. Approaches to agricultural extension delivery - the general agricultural extension approach, Training and Visit approach, farming systems research approach. Cost sharing / cost recovery approach, Commodity Specific approach, Farmer Field Schools, Convergence of Sciences and Innovation Systems approaches; Evolution of extension approaches in Ghana (including the current state and future of extension services in Ghana).