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The "National Dialogue on Innovations in Agricultural Extension: A way Forward" organised by Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS) in collaboration with Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) and Michigan State University (MSU), USA, during 8-9 April 2022 which was attended by senior representatives from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The dialogue focused on much-needed innovations and reforms for strengthening extension services/frontline extension programs/systems and transforming them to respond to the emerging challenges in the micro- and macro-agro-ecologies.

This was followed by an international conference on "Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agricultural Extension Strategies" organized at Dhaka during 2-4 February 2023, attended by senior extension representatives from India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and representatives of other international stakeholders. The conference strongly impressed upon the need for cross-learning and experience sharing on extension innovations and reforms between the South Asian Countries. It proposed the establishment of a "Network of Agricultural Extension Professionals".

Driven by the above deliberations and with a view to operationalize the recommendations thereon, a Consultative Meeting was held on 8 March 2024 at Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India wherein the parities resolved to establish an "Agricultural Extension Platform for South Asia (AEPSA)".