Director Ambekar E. Eknath, Ph. D Head, APED J.K. Jena, Ph. D ...

solutions for a partrcular problem In th~s approach extenslon personal
facllltate the lnteractlon between farmers and researchers to bulld the
capac~ty of farmers to Improve thelr l~vel~hood Researchers present varlous
flsh farm~ng systems to the farmers for evaluat~on locally Th~s part~c~patory
technology development (PTD) approach has been found vely effecttve In
aquaculture
Extension Science Studies
Well-tested quality research outputs and practical farmers experience act as
powerful extension methodologies before reaching the farmers. A team of the
extension personnel will be able to establish the extension programmes and
able to help the farmers, select appropriate technology aside from important
considerations on the needs of the ind~vidual farmers, local commun~ties.
Impact of the environment, etc. Upgradations of the subject matter
knowledge along wlth extension sk~ll of the extension personnel should be at
regular basts so that they can better understand the changing trend. This will
help in motivation and mobilization of fish.
Strengthening Extension Services
Technology transfer to rural people demands a good quality extens~on team,
which is always available for the farmers. Extension workers with poor
knowledge, lack of extenslon means, less access to the fresh knowledge
leads to failure of the programmes. In the extension process an extension
staff should be able to apply what they have learned in the fields and show to
the farmers in a better way. In culture practice an extension personal should
be able to make proper stocking density, stock~ng of big sized healthy seed,
right species selection, appropriate manuring and feeding, health monitoring.
etc Similarly in induced breeding of carps, good select~on of the brooders,
hormones, injection methods, response time, fertilized egg collection,
hatching, etc should be made known to farmers. A good extens~on worker
always generate congenial and a strong ground among the farmers.
Good communication is an effective means in contacttng with the farmers.
The extension people should be active in speaking their minds, fluent
wording, easy to probe the problems, etc. Of course it demands good
communication skills. On the other hand, the extension people can not only
help the farmers to find out their own problems, but also, be able to help the
farmers to propose new projects in development, collecting Information for
seed supply and marketing channels.