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Reforming India’s Pluralistic Extension System: Some Policy Issues

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  • Singh, K.M.
  • Swanson, B.E.
  • Meena, M.S.

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The agricultural sector in India has been successful in keeping pace with the rising food demand of a growing population. Rapid agricultural growth continues to be the key to poverty alleviation and overall economic development. The changing economic scenario in India and the need for appropriate agricultural technologies and agro-management practices to respond to food and nutritional security, poverty alleviation, diversifying market demands, export opportunities and 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 infrastructure is also under considerable strain. Meanwhile in response to market demand, the existing public extension network is inexorably being complemented, supplemented and even replaced by private extension. As the nature and scope of agricultural extension undergoes fundamental changes, India looks for a whole new policy mix that nurtures the pluralistic extension system in India. The current study tries to analyse in-depth the various issues of pluralistic extension system in India and the policy reforms carried out to address them.

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  • Singh, K.M. & Swanson, B.E. & Meena, M.S., 2013. "Reforming India’s Pluralistic Extension System: Some Policy Issues," MPRA Paper 48916, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 07 Aug 2013.
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    1. Meena, M.S. & Singh, K.M. & Swanson, B.E., 2013. "Pluralistic Agricultural Extension System in India: Innovations and Constraints," MPRA Paper 48324, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 14 Jul 2013.
    2. Singh, K.M. & Swanson, Burton E. & Jha, A.K. & Meena, M.S., 2012. "Extension Reforms and Innovations in Technology Dissemination- ATMA Model in India," MPRA Paper 48734, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 30 Oct 2012.
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    2. Singh, Pushpa & Singh, K M & Shahi, Brajesh, 2018. "Information and Communication Technologies for Integrated Pest Management- Some Experiences," MPRA Paper 104327, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 23 Dec 2018.
    3. Ahmadpour, Amir & Soltani, Shohreh, 2014. "The Need for a Strong Public-Private Linkage in Agricultural Extension System (Case Study: Sari Township, Iran)," International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development (IJAMAD), Iranian Association of Agricultural Economics, vol. 4(1), pages 1-10, March.
    4. Singh, K M, 2018. "Modern Extension Approaches for Livelihood Improvement for Resource Poor Households," MPRA Paper 104304, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 23 Sep 2018.
    5. Umar, Sulaiman & Man, Norsida & Nawi, Nolila Mohd & Latif, Ismail Abd. & Samah, Bahaman Abu, 2017. "Core competency requirements among extension workers in peninsular Malaysia: Use of Borich’s needs assessment model," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 9-14.
    6. Singh, K M, 2018. "Public Private Partnership for effective marketing of Agricultural Produce," MPRA Paper 104310, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 15 Oct 2018.

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    Keywords

    Extension Reforms; Pluralistic Extension System; India; Policy Issues; ATMA Model; Market-led extension;
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    JEL classification:

    • O2 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy
    • O21 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Planning Models; Planning Policy
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
    • Q16 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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