Curricula Importance in Enhancing the Capabilities of Agriculture Extension Agents at the Field

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension

Muhammad Israr ¹ , Nafees Ahmad ² , Dawood Jan ³ , Tahir Ali Shah ⁴ , M. M. Shafi ⁵ , Noshad Khan ⁶

1 - Department of Development Studies, University of Swat, Saidu Sharif Swat-Pakistan
2 - Department of Economics, University of Malakand, Chakdara Dir (Lower)-Pakistan
3 - Institute if Development Studies, KP, Agricultural University Peshawar-Pakistan.
4 - Accreditation Division, Higher Education Commission, Islamabad-Pakistan.
5 - Institute if Development Studies, KP, Agricultural University Peshawar-Pakistan.
6 - Department of Agricultural Sciences, AIOU-Islamabad-Pakistan.

Received: 2015-12-24 Accepted : 2015-12-24 Published : 2013-07-01

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