Effectiveness of Decentralized Agriculture Extension System

Agriculture plays a key role in the economy of Pakistan with its share nearly one-fourth to GDP. The growth of production in agriculture largely depends on the transfer of technology to the farming community. The present study was designed to determine the effectiveness of public sector extension after decentralization in district Muzaffargarh. For this purpose all the extension staff working in the Department of Agricultural Extension served as study respondents. The data were collected with the help of a pre-tested interview schedule.