Department of Agricultural Extension Education

The Department of Agricultural Extension was established in the Vellayani campus in 1962 as a central facility for education, research & training in the discipline of Agricultural Extension Education.  M. Sc. (Ag) Programme in Agricultural Extension was initiated in 1976 with an annual intake of four students. PhD programme was started in 1984. The Rural Agricultural Work Experience programme for B.Sc (Ag) students is coordinated by this department.

The major thrust of research is on agricultural communication,  extension management,  training & development, participatory approaches, women empowerment & other frontier areas in agricultural extension.

The Department of Agricultural Extension offers 8 courses for B. Sc. (Hons) Agriculture ( old syllabus ) and 4 core courses + 5 optional course as per the revised syllabus. The department provides 10 seats for M. Sc. and 4 seats for Ph. D. programmes.

Lab & other facilities offered by the department include 2 seminar halls with audio-visual aids facilities, media lab, cyber lab & video conferencing hall at the department. Museum cum information centre where the information on activities & other details of agricultural extension is highlighted on the blowups. Models of Integrated farming systems, vertical gardening, persevered specimens of major pest and disease of crop plants are also exhibited.