AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION EDUCATION &
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
AE …
Lecture : 3 Year : IV
Tutorial : 1 Part : II
Practical : 1.5
Course
Objective:
·
To familiarize students with agricultural extension education,
learning principle, leadership development, extension delivery system for the
dissemination of agricultural engineering technologies.
·
To acquaint the students on the concept of rural development, it’s
planning, monitoring and evaluation tools.
Part – A
1. Education and its approaches [2 hours]
Meaning, concept and types of education and its objective in national context: Formal, non
formal and informal education.
2.
Extension education [2 hours]
Definition, concept, history, philosophy, principle of extension
education and objective of extension education.
3.
Basic learning principle
and adult learning [4
hours]
Meaning of teaching and learning, concepts and laws of learning,
basic learning theories and learning process, principles
of adult learning and learner’s characteristics, factors affecting adult learning and elements of effective
learning.
4. Rural leadership development [3 hours]
Meaning, types of leader and leadership, characteristics of good leader, methods of identifying leader,
selection and development of local leaders.
5. Extension delivery system and its components [2 hours]
present organization, approach of extension delivery system in
Nepal.
6.
Extension teaching
methods [2 hours]
Individual method, group method and mass media methods.
7.
Communication [4 hours]
Concept, definition, meaning and importance of communication in
extension work, function of communication with its models, communication
channel/media; organizational communication in agricultural development, audio
aids, visual aids, audio-visual aids and other teaching aids.
Part – B
8.
Nature and scope of
rural development [3 hours]
concept of rural development, subject matter of rural development, importance of rural development,
problems of rural development
and indicators of rural development.
9.
Determinants of rural
developments [3 hours]
Natural resources, human resources, financial resources, technology, rural industries, rural governance
and regional dimensions and
socio-cultural dimensions.
10.
Basic issues of rural
development [3 hours]
Leadership in rural development, rural poverty and right based approach to development, empowerment, gender
issues, globalization, social inclusion and exclusion.
11.
Rural economic structure
of Nepal [4 hours]
Agrarian structure, land tenure system, agrarian movement, and
rural industries: small and cottage industries; infrastructure: roads, communications,
irrigation and electrification; rural market-types
and channel, rural indebtedness and institutional finance, entrepreneurship and informal sector, village
tourism.
12.
Institutions for rural
development in Nepal [3 hours]
Government institution: ministry of local development and ministry of women development (functions and programmes), private sector: corporate
social responsibility, private voluntary organizations (PVOs) - their objectives and
features, social organizations, self- help
groups, civil societies, NGOs, CBOs - their objectives and features.
13.
Rural development
planning [1hour]
Concept, need for micro planning, elements of micro planning
14.
Approaches of rural
development [2 hours]
The modernization theory or market: led approach dependency
theory, participatory theory
15.
Planning tools and
techniques for rural development [4 hours]
Process for local level plan formulation, data collection for
project formulation- primary and secondary, tools and techniques: participatory
rural appraisal (PRA), rapid rural appraisal (RRA), participatory learning and
action (PLA) and focus group discussion (FGD)
16.
Implementation,
monitoring and evaluation of rural development [3
hours]
Project implementation - process and basic elements of
implementation plan, project monitoring - purpose and process; project
evaluation - objectives and methods (before and after, with and without)
Practical
1. Visit the
different agricultural extension organization (ADO, DLDO, NGOS Corporative) to
study their organization structure, working procedure, program development and
implementation, achievements and linkages
2. Study the
extension/ teaching methods adopted by district agriculture development office
and NGOS
3. Design of audio-
visual material such as poster, booklets, leaflets, flip chart, folder,
wallpaper.
4. Operation of audio
visual equipments such as overhead projector, multimedia projector, still and
movie camera
5. Visit agriculture
information and communication centre (AICC) OR its satellite station to observe
communication resource and activities at its vicinity.
6. Practical on tools
and techniques used in data collection: participatory rural appraisal (PRA) and
focus group discussion (FGD)
7. visit the rural
development projects run by women development section, WDS, district
development committee, DDC, rural energy development program, REDP, micro
Enterprise development program, MEDP, world food program, WFP, etc.
References
1. SV Supe, An introduction to extension
education
2. OP Dahama and OP Bhatnagar, Education and
communication for development
3. GL Ray, Extension, Communication and
Management
4. Uttam Kumar Singh and AK Nayak, Extension
Education
5. Katar Singh, Rural development: Principles,
Policies and Management, Vistar Publication,
New Delhi
6. Vivek Saurath, Rural Development: Planning
Strategies and Policy Imperatives, ominant publishers and distributors, New
Delhi
7. Vivel Saurath, Rural Development: Major
Issues in Agricultural Management, (first edition 2002), Dominant Publishers
and Distributors, New Delhi
8. K. Rastogi, Rural Development Strategy,
Wide Vision Publications.
9. Madan Kumar Dahal and Dev Raj Dahal (Ed),
Environment and Sustainable Development
in Nepalese Perspective, Nepal foundation for advanced studies (NEFAS)
10. Shyam Prasad Adhikari, Rural Development in
Nepal: Problems and Prospects, Sajha Prakashan, Nepal
11. Santosh Kumar Bista, Rural Development in
Nepal: An Alternative Strategy, (first edition 2000), Krishna Kumar Shrestha
12. Ram Kumar Dahal, Rajya ra gramin bikas. New
hira books enterprises
13. H.D. lekhak and binod lekhak, natural resource
conservation and sustainable development
in Nepal, kshitz publication
14. Chakrapani Luitel, rural development,
theories, techniques and approaches, pradhan
book house, Kathmandu.
15. United nations, guidelines for rural centre
planning, economic and social commission
for Asia and the pacific.
16. Kanhaiya R.B. matherma, strategies of rural
development in Nepal: some observations
some thoughts, sitadevi mathema
17. Y. P. Panta, planning and rural development,
Mohan Primlani for Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, Pvt. Ltd.
Evaluation Scheme:
The
questions will cover all the chapters in the Syllabus. The evaluation scheme
will be as indicated in the table below.
|
Chapter
|
Hours
|
Marks Distribution*
|
|
1
|
2
|
12
|
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
4
|
3
|
12
|
|
5
|
2
|
|
|
6
|
2
|
|
|
7
|
4
|
8
|
|
8
|
3
|
12
|
|
9
|
3
|
|
|
10
|
3
|
6
|
|
11
|
4
|
8
|
|
12
|
3
|
8
|
|
13
|
1
|
|
|
14
|
2
|
|
|
15
|
4
|
8
|
|
16
|
3
|
6
|
|
Total
|
45
|
80
|
*
Minor deviation on mark distribution can be made.
source:-Department of Agricultural Engineering
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