While farmers face new challenges from the lockdown imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local agricultural extension centres, such as Krishi Vigyan Kendras...
Extension during Uncertain times
Extension and Advisory Services should now support farmers by providing market information, organising inputs and provide other services to help them cope with...
As a community of people closely associated with farming and farmers, Extension and Advisory Services (EAS) have to support farmers to deal with the present...
In this Note, Canning S Shabong illustrates how the Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Government of Meghalaya (India) is using ICT solutions to...
The unprecedented floods of August 2018 adversely affected Kerala’s agriculture. Rema K Nair, in this blog, reflects on how extension services came forward to...
Increasing farm distress and the resulting farmer suicides are areas that need urgent attention. A key aspect of any suicide prevention strategy is our ability...
Natural disasters, calamities and unforeseen events make farming and farmer lives vulnerable. These events lead to severe loss, crop damage, and human and...
The recent demonetization exercise by the Indian Government has impacted farmers adversely, at least in the ‘short run’. At the same time, has it also opened...
Agricultural extension system has been slow to adapt and communicate climate science to farmers, as there is still limited institutional priority accorded in...
