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This is Prakashkumar Rathod from India again, adding a few more points to Message 66 of Datta Rangnekar.



The issue regarding the confusion created by various scientists or extension experts (like agriculture, horticulture, dairy etc.) is very interesting. In this context, I would like to add a few more points about the same confusion that we normally have as extension experts while giving certain suggestions or advice for the farmers. 



Once a farmer visited me in my office (maybe in 2012-13) asking for some information about animal husbandry and poultry rearing. I could respond to all the doubts raised by him but was stuck on a few questions since the discussion had shifted towards fisheries science which I was not aware. In that case, I asked the farmer to contact the fisheries office. After a month he came to my office saying that he could not get the relevant information about fisheries even after visiting the concerned expert 5 to 6 times. 



I am putting few questions below in this regard and this may be more relevant to Indian conditions (I am not much aware about other countries !):

 

1. Do we need an interdisciplinary team in all the institutes so that all types of doubts can be answered ? (I think Agricultural Technology Information Centre and Farm Science Centre (Krishi Vigyan Kendra) are working with the same concept. These institutes also have various constraints like human resource, finance etc. )



2. The other idea may be can we develop an individual professionally so that he can be made responsible to answer all the questions (I feel that he may be taught at least the basics of agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, fisheries etc. so that he can respond to all types of questions).



This is my opinion and I look forward to suggestions and comments in this regard.



Dr. Prakashkumar Rathod

Research Scholar

Division of Extension Education, 

Indian Veterinary Research Institute, 

Izatnagar 

India

e-mail: pkrkvafsu (at) gmail.com



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