Agricultural extension is the application of scientific research and
new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education. The
field of 'extension' now encompasses a wider range of communication
and learning activities organized for rural people by educators from
different disciplines, including agriculture, agricultural marketing,
health, and business studies.Extension practitioners can be found
throughout the world, usually working for government agencies. They
are represented by several professional organizations, networks and
extension journals.Agricultural extension agencies in developing
countries receive large amounts of support from international
development organizations such as the World Bank and the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.Modern extension began
in Dublin, Ireland in 1847 with Lord Clarendon's itinerant instructors
during the great famine. It expanded in Germany in the 1850s, through
the itinerant agricultural teachers Wanderlehrer and later in the USA
via the cooperative extension system authorized by the Smith-Lever Act
in 1914. The term was later adopted in the United States of America,
while in Britain it was replaced with "advisory service" in the 20th
century. A number of other terms are used in different parts of the
world to describe the same or similar concept: Agricultural extension Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter