| Name : |
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES |
| Establishment : |
1975 |
| Introduction : |
Department of Agricultural Sciences (DAS) is making earnest efforts aiming at supplementing, supporting and re-enforcing extension services and offering agriculture related programs at different levels.
Agriculture progress in most developing countries has mainly involved an increase in the production of staple crops, the introduction of industrial crops and development of livestock production. One cannot deny the importance of livestock because it produces a huge quantity of food, such as beef, mutton, poultry meat, milk, yogurt and lot of other milk, and animal byproducts. Millions of acres are still being cultivated with the help of farm animals in this mechanized era.
At present, higher education in agriculture imparted by four formal agricultural universities in Pakistan, which are not catering in-service personnel. The AIOU conducted a survey to get an idea about the higher education in Livestock Management Agricultural Extension, Forestry Extension and Rural Development and received a positive response from candidates who could not improve their qualification from formal Agricultural Universities for one or other reason and are now working in different governmental departments and NGOs. DAS has decided to offer MSc (Hons) Rural Development through distance teaching system, especially for those who could not enhance their qualification through formal system.
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| Objectives : |
To help literate farmers and rural communities generally to improve their every day farming operations and basic skills
To improve the level of knowledge and skills of field extension staff by drawing on the latest research findings and expertise at the national and international levels.
To help in adoption and diffusion of improve technology among the farming population.
To promote human resource development in agriculture and its related fields.
Supplementing, supporting and reinforcing extension services and offering agriculture related programs at different levels
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| Future Plans : |
PhD Forestry Extension,
PGD in Sustainable Agriculture |
| Academic Facilities : |
Library
Internet |
| Postal Address : |
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Block No.6 Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad |
| Phone : |
92-51-9250064 |
| Email : |
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| Staff Members : |
Staff Members Details |
| Website: |
http://agriculture.aiou.edu.pk |
| Programmes: |
Agricultural Courses
M.Sc. (Hons.) Livestock Management
M.Sc. Forestry Extension
M.Sc. (Hons.) Agricultural Extension
M.Sc. (Hons.) Rural Development
Ph.D. in Agricultural Extension
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