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Agriculture plays a key role in the economy of Pakistan with its share nearly one-fourth to GDP. The growth of production in agriculture largely depends on the transfer of technology to the farming community. The present study was designed to determine the effectiveness of public sector extension after decentralization in district Muzaffargarh. For this purpose all the extension staff working in the Department of Agricultural Extension served as study respondents. The data were collected with the help of a pre-tested interview schedule.
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Mohammad Luqman, PhD, is serving as an Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering Department, King Saud University (KSU), Saudi Arabia. He teaches Polymer/Material Science and Engineering courses. Before joining the KSU, he served as an Assistant Manager in Samsung Cheil Industries, Korea. He worked on the development of heat resistant polymers, organic glass, and block copolymers as impact modifiers and compatibilizers for engineering alloys. He served as a post-doctoral fellow at Artificial Muscle Research Center, Konkuk University, Korea, in the field of Ionic Polymer Metal Composites. He was awarded the PhD degree in 2007, in the field of Ionomers, by Chosun University, Korea. Dr. Luqman published numerous papers, and book chapters in the field of Ionomers, Ion-exchange Polymers and Polymer Nanocomposites. One of his Papers, published in "Polymer", Elsevier, was Ranked the "First" among the "Top 25 Hottest Articles", in "All" Chemistry Journals during April to June 2008. Dr. Luqman is acting as a Regional (Middle East) Editor to an International Journal Chemical and Environmental Research , MAAS, India. He also serves as a Section Editor to Journal of Industrial Research & Technology , HATAM Publishers, Malaysia. He delivered few invited lectures at International podiums. Very recently, Dr. Luqman served as an Invited Editor to a reference book entitled Recent Advances in Plasticizers