7. Extension Service

For the successful adoption and spread of High Yielding Varieties, there should be an efficient extension service which may guide and help the farmers about the various agricultural operations and precautions. The fuller use of inputs may be made only if proper guidance to the farmers is available. The cultivation of delicate and highly sensitive varieties needs the services of qualified and dedicated extension agents. In the tradition bound society of India, the efficiency of extension machinery determines largely the efficiency of the farmers. There should, therefore, be a perfect understanding and co-ordination between farmers, extension agents, farm supervisors, researchers, and agricultural scientists. Any slackness in the work of agricultural machinery may make agriculture a less

profitable pursuit. It is a well-established fact that investment in research brings ten times profit to the investor.