?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5278%2F&rft.title=Beyond+Technology+Dissemination+-Can+Indian+agricultural+extension+re-invent+itself+%3F+Policy+Brief+16&rft.creator=Sulaiman%2C+V+R&rft.creator=Hall%2C+A&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=Agricultural+extension+in+India+is+at+the+crossroads.+A+decade+alter+the+end+of+the+Training+and+Visit+(T%26V)+System%2C+the+Department+of+Agriculture+(DoA)%2C+the+main+extension+agency%2C+is+struggling+to+find+a+fresh+direction+and+approach.+At+the+same+lime+the+nature+of+Indian+agriculture+becomes+ever+more+complex.+New+opportunities+(and+threats)+for+trade+in+international+markets+join+older+concerns+of+supporting+the+rural+economy+where+agricultural+production+and+employment+support+the+livelihoods+of+many+of+the+poorest+in+society.+The+public+sector%2C+including+both+agricultural+research+and+extension+organisations%2C+has+also+seen+the+emergence+of+new+imperatives+such+as+cost+recovery%2C+decentralisation%2C+pluralistic+funding+and+privatisation.&rft.publisher=Indian+council+of+Agricultural+Research&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5278%2F1%2FHall-NCAP-Pb6.pdf&rft.identifier=++Sulaiman%2C+V+R+and+Hall%2C+A++(2002)+Beyond+Technology+Dissemination+-Can+Indian+agricultural+extension+re-invent+itself+%3F+Policy+Brief+16.++Documentation.+Indian+council+of+Agricultural+Research.+++++