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1 ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application
Research Institute, Kanpur 208 002, IN
2 ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute,
New Delhi 110 012, IN
3 Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi 110 012, IN
4 ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur 208 024, IN
Source
Current Science, Vol 110, No 12 (2016), Pagination: 2216-2217
Abstract
The use of the word 'extension' has its ischolar_main from an educational development in England during the second half of the 19th century. Around 1850, discussions began in the two ancient universities of Oxford and Cambridge about how they could serve the educational needs, nearer to learners' homes, of the rapidly growing populations in the industrial urban area. The notion of 'extending' relevant and useful information to the adult population at large, predates the university extension movement for its overt use.
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