Agriculture is an important sector of Punjab’s economy. It employees 48.4 percent of the labor force and accounts for 24 percent of GDP- Agriculture contributes 68 percent of export earrings Punjab is rich in natural agricultural resources. It has large areas of deep soils favorable topography, suitable climate conditions and water resources. Out of 16.1 million hectare of cultivated land 12.4.are being cultivated.
Increasing population and limited resources are global issues. The population are more serious in developing Countries, with no exception of ourselves. To meet the needs of burgeoning population agriculture production will have to be increased manifold with in few years. This task can only be achieved through narrowing the gap between for hectare yields obtained at experimental stations and those of average farms.
Agricultural production is a very complex system. It depends on several inter related components such development of appropriate production technology, dissemination of modern technology to the end users, and the formulation of farmer friendly agricultural policies..
Dissemination of appropriate technology to the farmer’s is of vital importance if benefit is to be derived from technological advances moreover, the gap exists between the research findings and farmers’ adoption needs appropriate rectification by the adaptive research .
This task is carried out through agriculture extension system in Punjab.