DEMONSTRATION

Demonstration means showing by doing.The basic principle of Demonstration is learning by seeing and doing.

There are three types of demonstration -

a) Method Demonstration:

1) It is short type demonstration

2) Its main purpose is to provide only skill

3) It does not compare between the old and new technique or skill.It means comparative study can not be done

4)It is oldest form of teaching

5) The father of method demonstration was Dr. Seeman A. Knapp

6) It is single practice demonstration i.e. how to operate tractor, how to apply fertilizer in the field.

b) Result demonstration:

1)It is long type demonstration

2) It shows the value or worth of the (New) practice.

3) Comparison between two practices i.e. old and new is always done.

4) Results of both practices are shown.

5) It is very effective in adoption

6) It is conducted by a farmer under direct supervision of an extension worker

7) It is used to show the supervision of an extension worker.

8) It is used to show the superiority of practices.

C) National or Composite Demonstration:

1) It is a composite of both method and result demonstration

2) It is first line demonstration or Front line extension project

3) It is conducted by researchers on the farmer's field

4) The main objective is to show how production can be increased per unit area and per unit time.

5) Multiple cropping system are usually followed and High yielding varieties (HYV) are used in this demonstration.

6) National demonstration was first time started in 1965 by Ministry of Food and Agriculture

7) This programme was given to ICAR in 1967

8) Now it has become part of agricultural production Programme.