Author/Authors :
ashraf, ejaz university of sargodha - college of agriculture, Sargodha, Pakistan , sharjeel, hafiz khuram university of sargodha - college of agriculture, Sargodha, Pakistan , babar, raheel agricultural college, Quetta, Pakistan; , junaid, muhammad university of sargodha - college of agriculture, Sargodha, Pakistan , iqbal, qamar department of deputy district officer agriculture extension, Sahiwal, Pakistan , rasheed, rabia university of sargodha - college of agriculture, Sargodha, Pakistan , fatima, nosheen university of sargodha - college of agriculture, Sargodha, Pakistan
Abstract :
The study was conducted in district Sargodha, Punjab-Pakistan in 2016 to record and evaluate the performance of extension approaches and Extension Field Staff (EFS) in order to identify the weaknesses or failures behind extension system and to suggest recommendations for improvement in extension approaches and performance of EFS through census study. The total EFS population consists of 155 people and 121 respondents appeared for interview. The non response rate was 21.94%. The analysis showed that training and visit program and demonstration methods were dominant approaches used in technology transfer. The mean of the results showed that low allocation of budget, massive operational area to give satisfactory coverage, less use of multimedia, unavailability of training facilities to EFS, manifold duties assigned to extension officers and top-down dimension of planning of implementation of extension approaches were main weaknesses. The steps like effective evaluation of extension system, use of democratic nature extension approaches, and training facilities to EFS could improve working efficiency of Extension Field Staff and extension approaches thereby.
Keywords :
Extension field Staff , Training and visit program , Demonstration methods , Extension approaches , Effective evaluation
