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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Global Perspective of Extension Work Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Syllabus for Global Perspective of Extension Work

Major · Extension Work · Semester 2 · FY BA · 4 credits · 100 marks · 60 hours

Module 1: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE IN EXTENSION WORK

  • a Emerging Trends in global extension work
  • b Global analysis of extension services.
  • c Opportunities in global extension work.
  • d Engaging in Extension work

Module 2: CHALLENGES IN GLOBAL EXTENSION WORK

  • a Socio-economic factors affecting extension work.
  • b Environmental and climate-related challenges.
  • c Funding and resource constraints.
  • d Role of extension in disaster preparedness.

Module 3: ETHICAL STANDARDS IN EXTENSION WORK

  • a Ethical standards in global extension services.
  • b Opportunities for innovation and improvement in extension services.
  • c Extension Work for global sustainable development goals.
  • d Adapting to changing community needs.

Module 4: GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES

  • a Addressing poverty, inequality, environmental sustainability and health.
  • b International collaborations and knowledge exchange
  • c Global Outlook- Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (Global Family)
  • d Global Rules and Regulations foe Peace

Reference Books

  • Contado TE. Formulating extension policy. Improving agricultural extension: a reference manual. FAO, Roma (Italia), 1997.
  • Meisner CA. Whole Family Training. VHS Video Cassette (15 min.) CIMMYT, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1998.
  • Meisner CA, Sufian A, Baksh E, O'Donoghue MS, Razzaque MA, Shaha NK. Whole family training and adoption of innovations in wheat- producing households in Bangladesh. The Journal of agricultural education and extension. 2003; 9(4):165-175.
  • Mukherjee A, Maity A. Public-private partnership for convergence of extension services in Indian agriculture. Current Science, 2015, 1557-1563.
  • Nagel UJ. Knowledge flows in agriculture: linking research, extension and the farmer; Zeitschrift für Ausländische Landwirtschaft. 1979; 18(2):135-150.
  • Purcell DL, Anderson JR. Agricultural extension and research: Achievements and problems in national systems. The World Bank, 1997.
  • Ramesh T. Economics of Contract Farming. A Study of Gherkin Cultivation in Tamil Nadu. M.Sc. Thesis submitted to the Dept. of Agriculture Economics, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore, 1999.
  • Rivera WM, Schram SG. (Eds.). Agricultural Extension Worldwide: Issues, Practices and Emerging Priorities. London: Croom Helm, 1987.
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