Abstract

                                Rapid advances have been made in the application of scientific principles to Agriculture in our country and there has been large scale modernization of Agriculture in recent years. The food shortage experienced sometime ago was overcome in remarkably quick time and the position is now satisfactory although it warrants no complacency in the face of increasing population and natural calamities like floods and drought. It has been possible to achieve the additional production through increased irrigation facilities, use of manures and fertilizers, improved seeds and improved implements and better plant protection measures. The gap between the researcher and the farmer has considerably narrowed down and the results of research are now quickly conveyed to the farmer through the National Extension Service and Community Development Organization. The innumerable demonstration trials conducted on ryots' fields have carried the results of research to the very doorstep of the farmer who is now showing better appreciation of expert advice.

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