Mapping the landscape of leadership in Agricultural Extension: A Bibliometric Review

Abstract

Agricultural extension services have a great role in enhancing the knowledge and creating an innovation in the community of farming. This paper studies the Bibliometric review that maps on the landscape of leadership that is in the agricultural extension. The paper is written by analysing trends in publication, important research areas and the important work in this field. This paper studies the leadership evolution and various approaches within the extension, which shifts from the hierarchical traditional model to the transformational and participatory styles. There is a growth seen on the role of extension workers as knowledge brokers and facilitators, thus highlighting the development of skills and adaptable leadership styles in tackling with the complex challenges that has been faced by the modern agriculture. This review paper shows and identifies the gap in the literature that are existing and gives suggestions for the future research that emphasise the string need to study and explore the impact of leadership on the effective extension and good adoption of the agricultural practices that are sustainable. Thus, this research shows and contributes to a deeper understanding leadership dynamics that are used in the agricultural extension and thus which helps in informing the strategies which helps in enhancing the performance of extension services worldwide.