Agricultural extension Manual FOR EXTENSION WORKERS

1 Federated States of Micronesia Department of Resources & Development Agricultural EXTENSION Manual FOR EXTENSION WORKERS Agricultural EXTENSION Manual FOR EXTENSION WORKERS Compiled by Sayed Mohammad Naim Khalid and Shukrullah Sherzad This Manual is produced under FAO funded project - TCP/MIC/3601 Strengthening the capacity of Farmers Associations to increase production and marketing of root crops, fruits and vegetables in FSM Sub Regional Office for the Pacific (SAP) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Apia, 2019 Required citation: FAO. 2019.

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6 Sales, rights and licensing. FAO information products are available on the FAO website ( ) and can be purchased through Requests for commercial use should be submitted via: Queries regarding rights and licensing should be submitted to: Cover photographs: FAO/ S. Sherzad iii Contents Preface .. v Acknowledgements .. vi Chapter 1: Basic concepts of Agricultural EXTENSION .. 1 1. 1. Why EXTENSION is important? .. 1 What is the meaning of EXTENSION ? .. 1 What is the objective of EXTENSION ? .. 1 Principles of EXTENSION .. 1 Who is an EXTENSION agent? .. 1 What are the functions of an EXTENSION agent?

7 2 Knowledge EXTENSION WORKERS must have: .. 2 Necessary personal skills for EXTENSION WORKERS .. 2 Key personal qualities for EXTENSION WORKERS .. 2 Who are the target of Agricultural EXTENSION WORKERS ? .. 2 What are basics on adult learning?.. 2 Chapter 2: Agriculture EXTENSION planning and M&E .. 3 Introduction .. 3 Explain Events Planned in Advance? .. 3 What are Follow-up Events? .. 3 What steps are needed to prepare an annual plan? .. 4 Implementation and monitoring .. 4 Evaluating last year EXTENSION 5 Developing estimated budgets .. 5 Preparing Annual Reports .. 5 Chapter 3: Communication for EXTENSION .

8 6 What is Communication? .. 6 How communication for EXTENSION happens? .. 6 EXTENSION communication system .. 6 Why is listening important for EXTENSION WORKERS ? .. 7 What is importance of Feedback in Agricultural communication? .. 7 What is mass media? .. 7 What are types of mass media? .. 7 Why mass media is important for EXTENSION ? .. 7 What are some tools of mass media used for EXTENSION ? .. 7 Chapter 4: Methods of EXTENSION .. 9 What are key EXTENSION methods? .. 9 What are individual methods? .. 9 Farm Visit .. 9 Office calls .. 9 Letters .. 9 What are group methods of EXTENSION ?

9 10 Group meetings .. 10 Demonstrations .. 10 FIELD DAYS .. 11 Methods demonstration .. 12 District/Island Agricultural fairs .. 12 Farm walks .. 12 Farmers rallies .. 12 Folk media .. 13 Group meetings .. 13 iv Motivational tours .. 13 Participatory technology development .. 13 Formal training days .. 14 Farmer field schools .. 14 Mass EXTENSION .. 14 Village meetings .. 14 Field days .. 15 EXTENSION campaigns .. 15 Annex 1: Practical tools for the EXTENSION WORKERS .. 16 Tool 1: Guidelines for Successful meetings/workshops .. 16 Tool 2: Guidelines for resource mapping.

10 17 Tool 3: Guidelines for farmers training/group discussions .. 18 Tool 4: Guidelines for cross-visits .. 19 Tool 5: Criteria for selecting pilot farmers .. 19 Tool 6: Guidelines for farm and home 21 Tool 7: Guidelines for results demonstration .. 22 Tool 8: Guidelines for method demonstration .. 24 Tool 9: Guidelines for group 25 Tool 10: Guidelines for small group 26 Tool 11: Guidelines for a field day or farmers day .. 27 Tool 12: Guidelines for Farmers Field School (FFS).. 29 Tool 13: Sample job description of Agricultural EXTENSION (AE) WORKERS .. 31 Tool 14: Developing an Agricultural EXTENSION program (an example).