ABSTRACT
The implication is that US personnel knew only the Land-Grant model and attempted to transfer it lock, stock, and barrel in the technical assistance program. The contention of this discussion is just exactly the opposite. Extension is something like someone once said of Christianity. The US Extension Model if it is a ‘Model’, is one of the richest models of any kind in the world. The problem of technical support is more complex. In the United States a local agent will receive more in-service training in one year than most LDC agents will get in their careers. Farming Systems Research is providing an exceptionally effective means by which research can move into that gap from its end of the process and effect the interaction with farmers. Technical liaison, support has three major responsibilities to discharge through several activities. Collaboration with field research in testing and adaptation is the single most effective way for extension to inform itself of technology development.
