Policy Engagement and Extension

Revised postgraduate and PhD syllabi in agricultural extension are shaped by nationwide workshops. The curriculum covers policy formulation, advocacy strategies, institutional restructuring, capacity building, ethical analysis and environmental influences while integrating recent global advances.

Restructured and Revised syllabi of post-graduate programmes. The BSMA committee report submitted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) are developed to streamline and address postgraduate and PhD programs. On the recommendations of the NCG, 19 Broad Subject Matter Area (BSMA) Committees have been constituted by the ICAR for revising the syllabus. These Committees held discussions at length in the meetings and workshops organized across the country, framed and revised the content.

Core areas like understanding the policy, importance of policies for extension, ensure funding, institutional restructuring, capacity building of extension functionaries, types of policies, policy as a product and process, structured policies and institutions- how this influence defining organizational roles and performance in extension organizations, formulation of policies, role and importance of policies in up scaling knowledge, role of governments support policies in knowledge-based institutions success. policy advocacy and tools, approaches to policy advocacy, policy advocacy strategies, policy analysis, types of policy analysis, have been described with suitable illustrations in simple understandable language for the readers. methods and techniques commonly used in policy analysis, ethical policy analysis, tools for policy impact research, policy influence tools, policy development process, environmental factors, environmental factors, influencing policy change through generating evidence, engaging with policymakers, global experience with agricultural extension policies, challenges in policy implementation etc., all the above mentioned topics were well documented according to the syllabus.

An attempt has been made to include newer areas and concepts according to guidelines of Broad Subject Matter Area Committees (BSMA) for the benefit of the readers. This book tried to incorporate the recent advances. We acknowledge the authors whose study has been cited and to all those who motivated us to bring out this publication. We also acknowledge sincere efforts of reviewers in compilation and publication of the book.