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Agricultural
sustainability: Implications for extension systems
Mohammad
Sadegh Allahyari
College of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Rasht
Branch, Rasht, Iran.
E-mail: Allahyari@iaurasht.ac.ir .
Accepted 3 August, 2009 |
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Extension could play a key role in fostering sustainability
through its educational programs but there has been a
growing realization that traditional extension models have
not been sufficiently effective in promoting adoption of
sustainable agricultural practices. Since sustainable
agriculture is a knowledge-intensive system, it requires a
new kind of knowledge, which differs from other forms on the
basis of conventional agricultural practices. In fact,
conventional extension system cannot accomplish
sustainability in agriculture; because today's agricultural
extension must consider environmental implications, social
issues, and overall economic growth within the agriculture
sector. The purpose of this paper is to describe new
extension model to achieve sustainable agriculture.
Key words:
Agricultural extension, sustainability, system.
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