Importance, scope & objectives of Extension Education

Importance:

• Extension uses democratic methods in educating the farmers.
• Extension Helps in adoption of innovations.
• Extension helps in studying and solving the rural problems.
• Extension increases farm yields and improve the standard of living of farmers
• Extension makes good communities better and progressive.
• Extension contributes to national development programmes

Scope:

It includes all activities of rural development. So extension programmes should be dynamic and flexible. The areas indicating scope of Extension are listed below:

• Increasing efficiency in agricultural production.
• Increasing  efficiency  in marketing, distribution and  utilization of agricultural inputs and outputs
• Conservation, development and use of natural resources.
• Proper farm and home management
• Better family living.
• Youth development.
• Leadership development.
• Community and rural development.
• Improving public affairs for all round development.

Objectives:

• To raise the standard of living of the rural people by helping them in right use of their resources.
• To help in planning and implementing the family and village plans for increasing production in various occupations.
• To provide facilities for better family living.

Specific Objectives:

• To provide knowledge and help for better management of farms and increase incomes.
• To encourage the farmers to grow his own food, eat well and live well.
• To promote better social, natural recreational intellectual and spiritual file among the people.
• To help rural families in better appreciation of SWOT in the village.
• To open new opportunities for developing talents and leadership of rural people.
• To build rural citizens who are:

1.   Proud of their occupation
2.   Independent in thinking.
3.   Constructive in outlook.
4.   capable, efficient and self-reliant in character
5.   having love of home and country m their heart