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Efficiency of extension systems all over the world is judged by its capacity for technology delivery among clientele. The goal of technology transfer is to reach large number of people in shorter period of time. Improving the efficiency to extension system is an area where the innovations and initiatives are required to be taken to make it more productive and prompt. Modernizing technology transfer process needs to be perused vigorously. With the advent of computers entering into every sphere of educational activity including technology transfer needs to be focused on the effectiveness innovativeness and creativity.

The new technology environment in the information society is transforming the way knowledge is produced acquired experienced and transferred thereby triggering a cascading cycle of reinvention of information and its delivery mechanism.

In the changing scenario to meet the challenges the extension systems must organize themselves as a major technology costumer. For this extension workers have to be skilled in ICT. They will have to learn different aspects of ICT and also how to use ICT in their profession. Realizing the challenges of effective delivery of information and technology and need of integrating such innovations in transfer of technology this book having two components that is theoretical as well as practical aspects of ICT use in transfer of agricultural technologies is being published for the extension professionals faculty of agricultural universities and scientists of ICAR institutes to develop competence among them for easy jacketing of their own subject materials into ICT based packages sharing emerging concepts of ICT and and providing ICT design production and skills in use of ICT for transfer of technology to the professionals involved in TOT and extension. Ultimately this book will be helpful to foster the excellence in extension process.

Efforts have been made to cover all the important aspects of old as well as new ICT applications in transfer of agricultural technologies issues and strategies technology transfer role of ICT in transferring agricultural technologies applications of ICT in transfer of technology along with certain cases and also some exercises are given under the heading hands on experience for practice sessions giving step by step instructions for information sharing using e-mails working on flash overview animation and multimedia input/output devices.