Decentralizing a large, complex national extension system is not easy, but the Government of India appears to be moving … toward this long-term goal. Although ATMA model has been successful in addressing many of the extension problems and has …, vegetables, milk, fish and other high-value products, has energized both the farming community and the extension staff. Many FIGs …

environmental concerns is posing new challenges to technology dissemination systems. Public extension by itself can no longer … respond to the multifarious demands of farming systems. There is need to reevaluate the capacity of agricultural extension to … effectively address the contemporary and future needs of the farming community. Public funding for sustaining the vast extension …

decentralized extension system, (iv) diversification towards high-value enterprises,(v) technological intervention and impact … research institutes, (viii) developing leadership skills, and (ix) strong political will. Nevertheless, extension system needs …

significantly. In pluralistic extension system in India public extension plays an important role. Central Institute of Post … efforts to support the public extension system through commercialization of processing technologies through social capital …