Agricultural extension

This paper describes the Training and Visit System of Extension developed by Daniel Benor, which has been introduced in projects assisted by the World Bank in a number of countries with good results. In India, it has been found bery effective when introduced throughout the area served by specific inrrigation projects; it is now being rapidly broadened in scope by a number of state-wide extension projects serving both irrigated and rain-fed agriculture. Because of the wide interest shown in this approach both side and outside the Bank, theis paper gives details of its underlying principles, so that others may benefit from the experience gained so far.