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The book provides an introductory knowledge about education, extension education and agricultural extension by incorporating their definition meaning concepts, objectives and principles which is basic to learners of extension education.

This book also provides basic knowledge about the concept, objectives, principles, importance, philosophy and problems, limitations, achievements, strengths and weaknesses of various community rural development programmes implemated from time to time for the benefit of rural mass both prior to independence and after the independence. The book also deals with the objectives and salient features of various agricultural development programmes viz. IADP, HYVP, IVLP, WDP, NATP, ATMA, ATIC, ITDA, IRDP, SGSY, PMEY, DWCRA, MSY, RMK, ICDS, T&V system and BBE. The book also describes constraints in rural development, changing scenario of rural India besides the role of NGOs, KVK, ICAR and SAUs in rural development.

This book has been written to serve as a handbook of extension education for student of agriculture. Home science, horticulture, forestry, fisheries, dairy science and allied disciplines in all the SAUs and extension education institutes, planners, administrators, policy makers, NGOs, extension workers, etc. involved in rural development in general and agricultural development in particular.