AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

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  1. 4. Last name of the person known as the Father of University Extension.
  2. 9. Last name of the founder of the home extension service in the Philippines.
  3. 10. The level of governance in the Philippines where agricultural development was implemented.
  4. 14. 99 The name of the rice production program that aimed for 99 cavans per hectare.
  5. 15. The primary beneficiaries of agricultural extension services and programs.
  6. 16. Organizations promoted in the Philippines’ agricultural extension to assist farmers.
  7. 18. 1887 Act that funded agricultural experiment stations in the U.S.
  8. 19. 1914 Act that established the Cooperative Extension Service in the U.S.
  9. 20. A method of disseminating agricultural information to rural communities.
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  1. 1. Agents Term for advisers or field workers in agricultural extension programs.
  2. 2. Individuals tasked with traveling around districts to inform farmers about improving cultivation.
  3. 3. This crop suffered from a blight in 1845, leading to the birth of modern agricultural extension.
  4. 5. Farms Term for the farms set up by Spanish missionaries to educate Filipino farmers.
  5. 6. Key process in the transfer of knowledge between experts and farmers.
  6. 7. Abbreviation for Royal Agricultural Improvement Society, established in Ireland in 1841.
  7. 8. Country influenced by global agricultural extension practices, starting from the Spanish regime.
  8. 11. This university adopted extension education and organized centers for extension lectures in 1871.
  9. 12. The primary sector supported by extension services, including farming and livestock.
  10. 13. U.S. Act signed in 1862 to establish land-grant colleges for agriculture.
  11. 17. One of the first universities to introduce extension education in England (1850).