The Directorate of Extension/Extension Division is the nodal agency in the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for agricultural extension programmes. It assists and encourages the State Departments in organising, maintaining and operating professional extension services. The role of Extension Division/Directorate of Extension is essentially collaborative, providing guidance, technical support to the Extension Division.
The four principal functional areas of the Directorate of Extension at present, are Extension Management, Extension Training, Farm Information and Farm Women Development.
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