Pakistan

Agricultural extension agents and challenges for sustainable development ( a case study of Peshawar valley )

The present study was launched in two districts of NWFP namely Peshawar and Nowshera during 2007-08. Forty agricultural extension agents were interviewed through face to face interview schedule. The main objectives of the study were to identify the challenges, constraints, problems and shortcoming faced by extension agents engaged in disseminating the latest agriculture technology and to make policy recommendations.The empirical results indicate that more than half of the field assistants were educated up to Matric plus two years agricultural training course.

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