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49 - AFLC - Agriculture, Fishery and Livestock
AFLC 104 - Agricultural Extension (10 Days)
| Code | Start Date | Duration | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFLC 104 | 28 October 2024 | 10 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| AFLC 104 | 02 December 2024 | 10 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
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Course Description
Agricultural Extension is important for facilitating agricultural and rural development with the promotion of technological change in culture. By the end of this course, students will have a good understanding on the principles of communication, extension. Planning, management and skills needed in the agribusiness or other rural development environments will also be taught.
Course Objectives
- Understanding the principles of interpersonal communication learning
- Appreciating the specific role of extension in the "knowledge system" of generating
- Disseminating and apply technological and socio-economic change information/concepts
- Understanding the function of extension in the agricultural development process
- Applying new experiences in methodology, organization and management of extension work
- Participating in the planning, implementation and evaluation of extension programmes
Who Should Attend?
- Agricultural engineers
- Environmental engineers
- Agricultural practitioners
- Rural Development practitioners
- Researchers
- Interventionists
- Facilitators
Course Details/Schedule
Day 1
- Concepts
- Formal and non-formal education in agriculture
- Agricultural knowledge systems
- Management of information systems
- Research-extension- farmer linkages
Day 2
- The technical change approach
- The commodity approach
- The target group approach
- The institutional building approach
- The training and visit system
Day 3
- Topologies of teaching/learning methods
- Objectives - content - methods linkages
- Individual, group, mass media, combination
- Expository, discovery, participatory and evaluate methods
Day 4
- Planning, organizing, staffing, directing, controlling
- Concepts and practices of management
- Decision-making and problem solving skills in management of extension
- Issues in the management of agricultural education and extension
Day 5
- Objectives of monitoring and evaluation
Day 6
- Communication skills
- Education technology
- Teaching aids: use and abuse of boards, charts and overheads
- Projection, computer
- Micro teaching
Day 7
- Policy considerations
- Sociological, psychological and philosophical basis of programme development.
- Goals and strategies
- Issues in programme planning within the agricultural sector
Day 8
- Socio-psychological aspects of group work
- Characteristics of groups
- Facilitating group processes
- Roles of group members
- Leadership in groups
Day 9
- Concepts of innovation and how to diffuse it
- Appropriating extension and communication techniques
- Various extension and communication tools in influencing target groups and individuals to adopt a certain innovation
Day 10
- Describing the concept and process of community organization
- Appreciate the contribution of CO as a tool in Agricultural Extension and Development
