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Abstract
Agricultural extension for farmers in Vojvodina is a relatively new. In the Former
Yugoslavia, as well as Serbia – Vojvodina, agricultural extension was mainly
practiced on large socially owned farms, the so called “Agro- combinates”, which
were established under the former socialist system. The network of agricultural
stations (services, agro institutes) provided and charged for expert help for the
Agro-combinates (with which they were even integrated for some time),
agricultural cooperatives and other agricultural organizations. During that period,
extension work relating to the farming community was minor and mostly done
through winter lectures in villages and field days. With disintegration of the
Former Yugoslavia and privatization of Agro-combinates, the network of
agricultural stations have had to be transformed and in new conditions they have
had to orientate their extension activities much more towards the farming
community. As a result of transformation in 2007, the Agricultural Extension
Service has been established in Vojvodina. In establishing a new and different
Agricultural Knowledge and Information System, this extension service finds itself
faced with plenty of demands and problems in its work. In this paper, we will
demonstrate part of its reality and analyze role of extension service in Vojvodina’s
AKIS.