PERFORMANCE DIGEST OF AGRICULTURE EXTENSION SERVICES RENDEREDBY PUBLIC SEC TOR AND NGOs IN DISTRICT KOHAT OF NWFP, PAKISTAN

In Pakistan agriculture department is mainly mandated for the Agri cultural development in the country.Their responsibi lity is shared by NCO s to some extent. The public sector and NCO are discharging thedissemination of improved agriculture practices among the farming community. The present study was conducted indistrict Kohat, 2007. The data included all types of respondents i-e age below 30 years(26%), 30 to 40 years(24.67%) and above 40 ye ars (49.33%), with educational status illiterate (39.67%), literate up to primary (/ 5%),middle (27.33%), metric and above (/ 8%) and having land below 20 acres (50%), 20 to 40 acres (/ 6.6 7%) andabove 40 acres (33.33%). Both pub lic and NCO s sectors are play ing important role in providing information,inputs recommendations of different crops in their own perspective. But, farmers were satisfied with the workingefficiency ofNCOs regarding wheat and maize etc. They were also getting benefit s from the worth while advices andthe help of public sector and NCO s.