1. Introduction 
Technology assessment and refinement through-Institution Village Linkage Programme (IVLP), NATP, Stragetic Research and Extension Plan (SREP),  Research extension farmer market linkage, Scientists-extension-farmers interfce, Front line extension programmes of ICAR
2. KVK - Krishi Vigyan Kendra
ITK indigenous traditional knowledge
3. Privatisation of Extension
Market led extension, ATMA: agricultural technology management agency, Watershed development programmes, Technology mission, National farmer’s commission
4. Information Revolutions
Biodynamic agriculture, Organic farming, Climate change, Farm mechanization, Globalization in India
5. Reforming the Agricultural Extension System in India 
Proposed extension policy framework, Mass media & information technology, Institutional restructuring 
6. Mainstreaming Women in Agriculture
Use of information technology, Financial sustainability & resource mobilization, Changing role of government, New agriculture policy, Sustainable agriculture
Food and nutritional security, Rural and agricultural finance 
7. Intellectual Property 
Intellectual property, Means of protection and categories of IPR, IPR and their relation with trade, IPR and their relation with plant genetic resources
IPR and the north-south debate over plant genetic resources
8. Rural Knowledge Centers
Establishment of rural knowledge centre, System of Rice Intensification (SRI),Precision farming 
9. Genetically Modified (GM) Foods
Food security
10. The Role of Extension in the Transfer and Adoption of
Agricultural Technologies, Agricultural extension for sustainable development, Extension for sustainable development, Broad Based Extension (BBE)
11. National Horticulture Mission (NHM)
Objectives
12. Environmental Impact Assessment Principles and Process
EIA concept and eight guiding principles, EIA benefits and flaws, Education and training

3. Climate Change................................................................. 208

How will this affect dairy farmer...............................................208
Is there any upside?...................................................................208
The cow as an efficient ‘food processor’...................................209
The first IDF dairy farming summit in edinburgh......................209
Sector should be pro-active.......................................................210
Two to five percent of all greenhouse gas emission.................210
High milk yield, low carbon footprint .......................................210
Alarming outlook for the future................................................210
Little water gets less; lots of water will get more......................211
Dairy farming has to mitigate....................................................211
Land is the main factor..............................................................212
Absolute need for cows on grazing land....................................213
Scientists don’t have all the answers.........................................214
Dairy sector should be pro-active..............................................214
Climate change a threat for animal health................................214
14. Farmer Field School........................................................... 216
Farmer field school....................................................................221
FAO support for farmer field schools in asia.............................222
Costs and benefits of the farmer field school (FFS)...................223
Improving women farmers’ access to extension services.........224
The need for gender analysis.....................................................224
Gender analysis in agriculture ..................................................224
Gender analysis at the household level ....................................225
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The changing social structure in agriculture .............................226
Constraints and opportunities: rural women and
extension strategies..................................................................227
Improving women’s access to extension ..................................227
Changing attitudes and institutions ..........................................230
Scaling up ..................................................................................232
Recommendations for more effective extension systems for
rural women..............................................................................234
Institution strengthening ..........................................................235
Inter-agency cooperation .........................................................235
Training programmes ...............................................................236
Retaining benefits .....................................................................236
The role of the NGO'S and the private sector ..........................236
15. Recent Central and State Government Initiative ............... 238
Farmer First Programme (FFP)..................................................238
The Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav-MGMG......................................239
Objectives..................................................................................239
16. Glossaries of Extension Terms........................................... 253
Advisory services.......................................................................253
Agricultural extension................................................................253
Agricultural Innovation Systems (AISS).....................................253
Agricultural technologies...........................................................254
Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA)............254
Animation rurale........................................................................255
Biofuels......................................................................................255
Civil Society Organizations (CSO)..............................................255
Commodity-based advisory services.........................................255
Cooperative extension service..................................................255
Decentralized extension............................................................256
Demand-driven extension.........................................................256
Diffusion of innovation..............................................................257
Extension education..................................................................257
Extension...................................................................................257
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Farmer-Based Organizations (FBO)...........................................258
Farmer Field Schools (FFS)........................................................258
Fee-for-Service Extension (FSE).................................................259
Four-H clubs...............................................................................259
High-Value Crops (HVCS)...........................................................260
Human Resource Development (HRD)......................................260
Information and Communications Technology (ICT).................261
Innovation/innovation system..................................................261
Input supply advisory services...................................................262
In-service training......................................................................262
Institution building....................................................................262
Integrated Rural Development (IRD).........................................263
Market-Driven Extension (MDE)...............................................263
Natural Resource Management (NRM).....................................264
Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOS).................................264
Participatory extension..............................................................264
Participatory Farm Management (PRM)...................................265
Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)...........................................265
Pre-service training....................................................................265
Private Advisory Services (PASS)...............................................266
Self-Help Groups (SHGS)...........................................................266
Social Capital Development (SCD).............................................267
Staple Food Crops (SFCS)..........................................................267
Strategic Research and Extension Plan (SREP)..........................267
Technology transfer...................................................................268
Training and Visit (T & V) extension..........................................268
Value chain................................................................................269
Abbreviations of Extension Education Terms............................. 270
References................................................................................ 273
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