Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate the working of the Extension Field Staff of the Department of Agriculture, Punjab as perceived by the farmers of the University Project Area Shahkot, District Sheikhupura. An analysis of the data collected through interview schedule administered to 200 farmers of the Project Area disclosed that only 26.5 per cent respondents knew the Field Assi-stants both by face and name. Similarly, only 9.5 per cent respondents knew the Agricultural Officers of the Area both by face and name. The offices of Agricultural Officers and Field Assistants were located as far as 6.8 miles from the farms of some respondents. Large majority of the respondents had never visited the Extension Field Staff. It is suggested that the field staff should be made more functional by giving them orientation about new concepts of extension through short term but regular training prog-rammes. Moreover, a comprehensive and footeproof check system may be evolved to make the field staff moving and effective to achieve the objectives.
INTRODUCTION
Agriculture is the feed-spoon of Pakistan's economy and its development largely depends upon the extent of adoption of modern technology by the farmers. The degree of adoption of modern techniques relies on the efficiency of Agricultural Extension Field Staff. This could be evaluated. by knowing the opinion of the farmers about the actual working of the field staff. Therefore, this study was undertaken to know the functioning of the field staff, its effect-iveness in terms of its contacts with the fanning community resulting in the
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*Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad,
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