extension, noun

Origin:
EnglishShow more Special sense of general English extension enlargement in scope or operation.
Education and assistance in the agricultural sector. Usually attributive, or in Special Combinations, as
extension officer, an employee of the Department of Agricultural Technical Services who is retained to advise and assist farmers; cf. agricultural demonstrator;
extension services, extension work, the activities of such officers.
1918 Off. Yr Bk of Union No. 1, 1917 (Union Office of Census & Statistics) 410Extension Work. Considerable progress has been made in developing this class of work, and the extension lecturers have been well received by the farming community.
1937 Handbk for Farmers (Dept of Agric. & Forestry) 1126The Extension Service. The extension officers serve the rural population. Each officer has one or more districts under his control, and his work consists in advising and assisting the farmers therein...He addresses farmers’ meetings on matters agricultural; assists in promoting farmers’ organizations; carries out co-operative experiments and demonstrations in collaboration with farmers..and, generally, assists in giving effect to Government schemes for the furtherance of farming etc.
1970 C. van H. Du Plessis in Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. I. 242Research in the several faculties of agriculture is co-ordinated by the Department of Agricultural Technical Services. Graduates of these faculties are of great value to agriculture as research workers, extension officers, [etc.].
1981 E. Prov. Herald 9 Apr. 3In an interview yesterday from Queenstown, the chief extension officer for the central region of the Eastern Cape..said veld in the area..had responded well to recent rains.
Education and assistance in the agricultural sector. Usually attributive, or in Special Combinations, as
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