Extension Systems

01.What are the different types of agricultural in the world at present?

• Agriculture Extension Services by the Public Sector
  • World Bank's Training & Visiting (T&V) program
  • Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA)
  • National Mission on Agriculture Extension and Technology (NMAET)
    • Sub Mission on Agricultural Extension (SMAE)
    • Sub-Mission on Seed and Planting Material (SMSP)
    • Sub Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM)
    • Sub Mission on Plant Protection and Plant quarantine (SMPP)
  • Public Agriculture Extension system: Other Players
    • State Agricultural Universities
    • ICT (Information and Communication Technology) led Extension
      • Farmers Portal
      • TV Channel
      • Agriculture Clinic and Agriculture Business Centers
      • Agriculture Fairs and Exhibitions
      • Community Radio Stations

• Agriculture Extension Services by the Private Sector, NGOs and Civil Society
  • Agriculture Extension System by Private Players
  • Agriculture Extension System by Non- Governmental or voluntary organizations (NGOs)
  • Agriculture Extension System through Farmer Interest Groups/ Farmer producer Groups/ Women farmer Groups etc.
  • Agriculture Extension System through Media and ICT

• Agriculture Extension and Doubling Farmers' Incomes
  • Markets for wrong and biased information
  • Status of Manpower in Public Extension
  • Changing role of universities
  • Real Time Extension with risk management
  • Integrated and Inclusive Extension
  • Agricultural value chain extension with ICT
  • Primary Rural Agri-Markets

• Government Based
  • Provincial departments of agriculture
  • Provincial extension services
  • Provincial departments of animal production and health
  • Provincial veterinary services

• Ministry Based Extension Approach
• Department of agriculture
• Department of export agriculture
• Institute of post harvest technology
• Srilanka council for agricultural research policy
• Department of animal production and health
• National livestock development board
• Ministry of plantation industries
• Tea research institute
• Sri lanka sugarcane research institute
• Rubber research institute
• Ministry of coconut development
• Coconut research institute of sri lanka
• Ministry of science and technology
• National science foundation
• National science and technology commission

• University Based Extension System
• University grants commission
• University of Colombo
• Uva wellassa university
• University Of Ruhuna
• University Of Rajarata
• University Of Jaffna
• University Of Peradeniya
• University Of Wamba

• Market-Oriented Extension Approaches
• Commodity-Based Advisory Systems
• Innovation platforms :- Innovation platforms can be a useful tool, especially for
• problem solving with relevant actors in value chains or innovation systems.
• Innovative, Market-Driven Extension Approaches
• Market-oriented services :- Market-oriented extension provides services focused on
• linking farmers to markets, often to improve their income.
• Extension as a commercial service