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Fundamentals of Dairy Extension provides a comprehensive understanding of how extension education principles are applied to the dairy sector to improve productivity, profitability, and rural livelihoods. Written for students, researchers, and professionals in dairy science and rural development, the book bridges the gap between scientific knowledge, farmer practices, and community development.

The text begins with the history, philosophy, and scope of dairy extension, emphasizing its role in the cooperative movement, rural development, and technology transfer. It explains the principles of extension education, communication, learning, and motivation, tailored specifically to the needs of dairy farmers.

Key topics include extension methods and approaches, diffusion and adoption of innovations, training and capacity building, leadership and group dynamics, and programme planning and evaluation. The book highlights the role of dairy extension in promoting clean milk production, feeding and breeding management, animal health, value addition, and marketing.

Special emphasis is placed on dairy cooperatives, women empowerment, ICT tools, and public–private partnerships, showing how extension systems adapt to emerging challenges like climate change, sustainability, and globalized markets. Case studies from India’s dairy sector — including Operation Flood and Amul’s cooperative model — provide real-world insights.

By combining theoretical foundations with practical applications, Fundamentals of Dairy Extension equips readers to design, implement, and evaluate extension programmes that empower farmers and strengthen the dairy sector. It is an indispensable resource for students of dairy science, extension professionals, policymakers, and those preparing for competitive examinations in agriculture and allied sciences.

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Language: English

Pages: 114

Compiled By: Anil Mandal

Price: Free

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Course Outline – Fundamentals of Dairy Extension

1. History, Growth of Agricultural Extension Education as a Discipline in India, Conceptual Background, Concepts of Extension.
2. Dairy Extension Education, Differences between Formal Education and Extension Education.
3. Concept of Extension Education, Objectives of Extension Education.
4. Functions of Extension, Philosophy of Extension Education, what is philosophy, Need & Component of extension.
5. Principles of Extension Education.
6. Extension Education process, Extension is a Teaching- Learning process.
7. Teaching process in extension, Extension teaching methods.
8. Selection of extension teaching methods, Factors for Selection of Extension Teaching Methods.
9. Audio-visual-aids, Dale’s Cone of Experience, Types of Audio-Visual Aids, Functions of Audio-Visual Aids, Limitations of Audio-Visual Aids, Important Audio-Visual Aids.
10. Nature and importance of communication, Structural and functional grammar; meaning and process of communication& Models verbal and non-verbal communication.
11. Listening and note taking, field diary and lab record; indexing, footnote and bibliographic procedures. Reading and comprehension of general and technical articles, abstracting.
12. Key elements of communication and problems in communication.
13. Adoption and diffusion of innovations, Adoption process, Innovation Decision Process and Adopter categories.
14. Groups – Concepts and Types.
15. Programme-planning, Principle of extension programme-planning, The programme-planning process, Features of programme planning, NEED.
16. Leaders and Leadership, Qualities of a Good Leader, Types of Leaders or Leadership Style,
17. Rural Leadership, Importance of Rural Leadership Qualities of Rural Leadership, How to identify and select potential-leaders? Training of village leaders, Content Area of Leader’s training, Essential Features of Leaders training.
18. Conceptual orientation about different terms like ATMA, ATIC, TAR – IVLP, PTD, PRA, RRA, Differences between PRA and RRA.
19. Dairy and Animal Husbandry Development Programmer in India, operation flood.
20. Format for citing a Reference Newspaper or Magazine Article.
21. Projectors, Opaque projector, Over Head Projector, Slide Projector Film/Movie Projector- Digital Projector, Video Projector, Retinal Projectors.
22. Organizing seminars & conferences.
23. Script Writing, Writing for Radio, Procedure for writing a Radio script (Drama), Writing for Television.
24. Writing Skills, Importance of technical writing, Functions of technical writing, Format and structure of technical writing, Forms of technical/scientific writing, Précis Writing and Summarizing.
25. Data Collection Methods.
26. Presentation Skills, impromptu presentation, public speaking.
27. Group Discussion Technique, Poster and chart, Flash card and flannel Graph, Circular letter.
28. Brain-storming Technique for developing the Decision-making Process, Interview-technique(s), Prepare Closing.
29. Identification of problems of village farmers through interview method.