Agricultural Extension Implication on Food Security in Saudi Arabia

Agricultural extensionAgricultural extension is a crucial component in promoting the progress of ruralRural communities and the agricultural sector at large. It plays a crucial role in enhancing the productivity of various crops, which in turn, helps reduce the food gap in societies. Developing countries rely heavily on agricultural extensionAgricultural extension to improve their agricultural sectorAgricultural sector, as it often struggles in comparison to developed countries. To achieve food security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the agricultural extension sector and its workers must make more efforts to contribute to agricultural developmentAgricultural development and reduce the food gap. This chapter provides a more detailed explanation of the concept, philosophy, and goals of agricultural extensionAgricultural extension, specifically highlighting the connection between agricultural extension and food security. Specifically, it analyses the dissemination and adoption of agricultural innovationsAgricultural innovation, sources of agricultural extensionAgricultural extension information, agricultural extension campaigns, expert agricultural systems, and the privatizationPrivatization of agricultural extensionFish extension, and how these impact food security in agricultural communities. The importance of agricultural extension appears in the development of the agricultural and rural sectors. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has a clear plan that seeks to provide extension services through the General Administration of Agricultural Extension and activate cooperation with governmental and private agricultural institutions to contribute to the advancement of the agricultural sectorAgricultural sector and contribute to achieving food security.