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A SEMINAR ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT

A SEMINAR ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT. ROLES OF EXTENSION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT. INTRODUCTION. THIS PAPER TRIES TO EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS: THE RURAL PEOPLE AND RURAL AREA. WHAT WE MEAN BY DEVELOPMENT. THE MODELS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT. THE MEANING OF EXTENSION SERVICE.

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A SEMINAR ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT

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  1. A SEMINAR ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT ROLES OF EXTENSION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT

  2. INTRODUCTION • THIS PAPER TRIES TO EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING CONCEPTS: • THE RURAL PEOPLE AND RURAL AREA. • WHAT WE MEAN BY DEVELOPMENT. • THE MODELS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT. • THE MEANING OF EXTENSION SERVICE. • THE ROLES EXTENSION SERVICE PLAY IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT.

  3. THE RURAL PEOPLE • Rapidly increasing population. • Under employment and/or disguised employment • Low productivity especially of labour. • Low and traditional technology. • High level of illiteracy, ignorance, diseases and malnutrition. • Near absence of social and physical infrastructure. • Political powerlessness, gullibility and high rate of vulnerability.

  4. RURAL DEVELOPMENT AS A CHANGE PROCESS A RURAL DEVELOPMENT B What is the situation what ought to be Typical rural Nigeria community desirable Nigeria community

  5. MODELS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT • AREA DEVELOPMENT MODEL • INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT MODEL • SECTORIAL DEVELOPMENT MODEL • URBAN DEVELOPMENT MODEL • INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT MODEL

  6. MODEL HIGHLIGHTS • AREA MODEL SEEKS TO IMPROVE SPECIFIC AREAS AS A RESULT OF IDENTIFIED POTENTIALS LIKE MINERAL RESOURCES. • INDUSTRIAL MODEL SEEKS TO CONCENTRATE ON ESTABLISHMENT OF INDUSTRIES. • URBAN MODEL SEEKS TO DEVELOP MOSTLY THE URBAN AREA. • SECTORAL MODEL SEEKS TO DEVELOP ONLY ONE SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY FOR INSTANCE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR. • INTEGRATED MODEL SEEKS TO DEVELOP ALL ASPECTS OF HUMAN LIVE.

  7. INTEGRATED MODEL AS THE BEST AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIALIZATION RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HEALTH SECURITY SOCIAL WELFARE PHYSICAL AMENETIES FOOD AND NUTRITION YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS RURAL EDUCATION HOME ECONOMICS

  8. EXTENSION SERVICE • AS THE ORGANIZATION OR AGENCY. • TRANSMISSION OF IMPROVED PRACTICES, ATTITUDES AND INNOVATIONS. • THROUGH INFORMAL AND NON FORMAL EDUCATIONAL APPROACH. • LEADS TO PLANNED POSITIVE BEHAVIOURAL CHANGES.

  9. EXTENSION ROLES IN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS • THROUGH RECONFIGURATION OF RURAL VALUES AS LOCAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES. • ECOLOGICAL VALUES: clean environment, biodiversity, open space, natural and cultural landscapes, land management, resource development, environmental management. • SOCIAL-CULTURAL VALUES: rural culture, folklore , local cuisine, arts and crafts, locally specific products and production methods, minority languages, traditional ways of life, beliefs, customs and norms. • COMMUNITY VALUES: social networks, kinship relations, mutual trust and understanding, special ways of communication, rural health, rural electrification, physical infrastructure, social amenities, home economics and management, family planning, rural youth organizations, social group dynamics, education.

  10. CONCLUSION Research institutions Voluntary organizations Extension service (Imo state ADP) Donor agencies Non-governmental organizations Rural development

  11. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU

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