VAE 311: Principles and Techniques of Veterinary and AH Extension (2+1)

PURPOSE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY EXTENSION

Animal Husbandry Extension involves systematic and organized communication with livestock owners with a view to helping them in such a way that the livestock owners

• obtain a better insight into their present and future position as livestock owners
• acquire sufficient knowledge and skills necessary to increase production or reduce cost of production
• develop positive attitudes of livestock development
• able to choose feasible and optimum objectives
• able to identify problems, look for solutions, solve the problems identified; and
• evaluate the results within the farming system situation in which they are operating
• The ultimate aim of extension is depicted in the following flow diagram