ABSTRACT
The general approach, organizational responsibility, and delivery system of agricultural extension has evolved rapidly and radically in India. India is the second most populous and the seventh largest country in the world. Its nearly 700 million people represent over a sixth of the world’s population. The states, however - all of which have agricultural extension services within their State Departments of Agriculture - provide the main field-based agricultural extension services. The Department of Agricultural Research and Education activities are coordinated by the Indian Council on Agricultural Research, which is the main coordinating agency at the national level for agricultural research. A description by Daniel Benor of the T&V extension management system appears in this volume along with other commentaries on the system; and there are numerous other detailed treatments of the system. India today has a highly developed network of agricultural extension with a large contingent of staff spread across the nation.
