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Innovative Farming Techniques through Agricultural Extension: A Focus on Capacity Building and Knowledge Transfer

Agricultural extension is considered the most important entity that transfers knowledge, ideas, and technologies from researchers to farmers. As 43.00% of the Indian workforce is occupied by agriculture (Gulati & Juneja, 2021), there has been a tremendous transformation in the extension system there. These driving forces include technological progress, demographic transition, dynamics in markets, and the search for sustainability in agriculture and allied sectors. Key initiatives include Krishi Vigyan Kendras, Kisan Call Centers, Agri-Clinics, and Agri-Business Centers, all earmarked for empowering farmers through access to information and training. The system now embarks on participative approaches, e-platforms, and farmer-centric methods for the facilitation of knowledge dissemination and capacity building. Extension services should always be dynamic to access solutions to challenges of food insecurity and to overcome the societal economic imbalances that a sustainable future realizes through the motto of "No Poverty" as defined by the Sustainable Development Goals. The stakeholder collaboration for which research to extension linkages to be strengthened would improve innovation and enhance agricultural resilience.