Question

role of extension worker in rural areas????

Answer 1

There are different understandings attached to the concept of rural development. According to (Schutjer, 1991:3) rural development is more than agricultural development. Observations about rural development suggest that it is about enabling rural people to take control of their destiny, thereby dealing effectively with rural poverty through the optimal use and management of natural resources. It is a participatory process through which rural people learn over time, through their own experiences and initiatives, how to adapt their indigenous knowledge to their changing world (Ministry of Rural Development and Land Reform, 2009:5).

Rural development has evolved from being "a statement of framework of development" into becoming "a policy instrument" known as the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP). The newly formed Ministry of Rural Development and Land Reform which is the custodian of rural development has developed a new rural development policy framework known as "the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP)". From the foregoing discussion it is clear that rural development and extension are two different disciplines, what might be common could be the fact that both may need to be driven by people who understand their missions. Therefore the South African context of rural development presents an opportunity to all extension advisors to implement it effectively. The reasons are discussed in the next section.

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Answer 2

There are different understandings attached to the concept of rural development. According to (Schutjer, 1991:3) rural development is more than agricultural development. Observations about rural development suggest that it is about enabling rural people to take control of their destiny, thereby dealing effectively with rural poverty through the optimal use and management of natural resources. It is a participatory process through which rural people learn over time, through their own experiences and initiatives, how to adapt their indigenous knowledge to their changing world (Ministry of Rural Development and Land Reform, 2009:5).