How to Increase Utilization and Dissemination of Evaluation Research Findings

Abstract

The ratio of final dissemination and utilization of the evaluation based extension researches conducted in the field is very low in comparison to the experiment based researches. Even when with its long-term funding, strong coordination, and close links with actual practitioners or beneficiaries, the agricultural extension system has proved to be much less effective when the research-based outcomes to be disseminated stray from agricultural production technology into areas calling for attitudinal or behavioral changes. There are various causes and lacunas which need to be addressed in order to make evaluation researches more and more relevant and significant for the benefits of the society