Extension through Women's Community Development Groups: A Case Study of Female Extension Assistants - In Azad Jammu & Kashmir


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome 2003

 
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Extension, Education and Communication Service
Research, Extension and Training Division
Sustainable Development Department

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This study was conducted in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, which is located on the Pakistani side of the agreed Line of Control. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir is still to be agreed upon by the Goverment of India and Pakistan.

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PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ACRONYMS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

Background
Purpose of the study
The study area
The study sample

FINDINGS

The area and its population

Situational data

Female extension assistants

Response data

Women's community development groups

Situational data
Response data

Views of agriculture Extension Department administrators

The Director
The Deputy Director
Female Extension Officers

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

REFERENCES