About the Book: Principles of Gender Extension
The present book entitled "Principles of Gender Extension" contains
ten-chapters covering all related disciplines. These chapters include gender
extension an introduction, gender aware approaches in agriculture, gender
mainstreaming challenges and opportunities, meaning, definition and connotations
of rural development, rural women are crucial to the revolution in new India,
women empowerment through self-help groups, rural sociology, skill development-a
prerequisite for women empowerment, Indias empowerment of gender mainstreaming,
gender and rural development. Related terminology is given at the end for ready
reference. This book would be invaluable asset for the scientists, students,
teachers, researchers, extension workers and progressive farmers engaged in the
field of