Functional foremanship in Agriculture:
redefining the role and functions
After my new job as
Agricultural Scientist, my mentor asked me to read the origin and evolution of
ICAR to understand how we become. I went beyond and looked at how agricultural
research and extension evolves over period. Let me spare the readers from the long
history. But the recent developments had put me clueless about where we are
heading. Researchers and academicians are meant to be knowledge creators in the
society. Agricultural knowledge and information dissemination are left to the
cadres so called extension agents. But new directions redefines the roles and
functions. Researchers, academicians, agencies, institutions irrespective of
their defined role, functions or mandates are pushed into extension. Are we heading in a right direction?
Management
principle of “functional foremanship” advocates the right man for the right job.
Instead of strengthening the extension system are we just filling them with
fillers?
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