This book entitled FORESTRY EXTENSION gives a comprehensive idea of the theoretical aspects of Forestry Extension and the basics of Extension Education besides covers the communication methods and transfer of Technology in Forestry and Agroforestry. Forestry and Agroforestry Science is now the need of the hour and the importance of trees outside forests for increasing the green cover and as a resource base for the entire industrial Agroforestry which is inevitable in all the Policy discussions of the Country. Hence, Forestry Extension organizations and participatory approaches in forestry technology transfer could be an innovative mechanism for the overall development of society.

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1. Basics of Extension
2. Extension Education Methods
3. Forestry and Extension
4. Forestry Extension Communication
5. Types and Barriers of Communication and Models of Communication
6. Diffusion- Meaning, Definition, Elements
7. Modern Communication Methods
8. Extension Programme Planning
9. Forestry Extension Organisations
10. Participatory Approaches
11. Eco-Tourism and Tribal Development
12. Social Forestry
13. Community Forestry
14. Pre-Independence Extension and Rural Development Programmes
15. Post-Independence Extension and Rural Development Programmes
16. First-Line Extension System
17. Innovations in Field Extension
18. Social Science in Forestry
19. Human Resource Management in Forestry
20. Trading and Marketing of Forest Products
21. List of References
22. Sociology
23. Extension Education
    

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