Role of extension education in economic development
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A third role for Extension in economic development education is leadership training, helping those who have an interest in economic development to obtain the skills necessary to achieve community goals. Extension has proven its ability to teach business management skills.
The economic hard times of the early 1980s and the current farm crisis have given an urgency to discussions within Extension and other adult education institutions about how they should be involved in economic development education. As the links between farming and rural communities become clearer,1 Extension Services are coming to view economic development as important to farm and nonfarm families alike. The difficulty of defining the appropriate roles in economic development for Extension, however, often hampers the development of effective and relevant educational programs.
Extension's Roles
Extension has at least four roles in the economic development arena. In any given state, it may address only one or several of these in its educational programming.