AGRI 61 - MOD. 4.7

planning

- a process which is evolved a document which determines if not prescribes the courses of actions - bridges the gap from where we are to where we want

development planning

a deliberate, rational, continuous effort by the government to accelerate the process of development and to channel it into desired directions by means of comprehensive and detailed choice of objectives and the determination and allocation of resources necessary for their achievement

planning

designing a physical framework plan for a community based on the existing and potential resoures of the community as bases

plan

document which includes strategies and tactics with an investment program

planning from below

farmers with extension agents make plans for developing local agriculture on the basis of local needs

programs

part of plan and often prepared before the plan is finalized

planning from above

plans are made from the top as the agent is simply expected to implement plans made at the national level

Projects

well defined range of activities which lend themselves to precise specification of objectives of planning