Fundamentals of Extension Education

Organization

• For effective implementation and monitoring of the programme, whole country is divided into 8 zones based on agro climatic conditions, population and administrative infrastructure. Each zone is headed by a zonal co-ordinator, who is assisted by two programme officers. The labs to land canters are the grassroot level units for implementation of the programme.
• A programme coordinator for each lab to land centres will head the team of specialists drawn from various disciplines viz., agriculture, veterinary science, fisheries, home science etc., which is constituted by the implementing agency.
• A zonal advisory committee consisting of the representatives of the participating agencies, state departments like agriculture, animal husbandry, fishery and rural development meets 2 to 3 times a year for guiding and making appraisal of the programme at the zonal level. Four types of implementing agencies are involved in the programme.

  1. Agricultural university
  2. ICAR Institutes
  3. State department of agriculture
  4. Voluntary organization