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Lesson 16:History of extension programmes

Introduction

Extension activities were initiated by different agencies as developmental programmes. They can be explained interms of four eras:

1. Pre-Independence Programmes -1866-1947
2. Post-Independence Programmes -1947-1953
3. Community Development and National Extension Scheme -1953-1960
4. Intensive Agricultural Era -1960 on wards