Extension Services Background
As mandated, the University shall "provide advanced instruction and professional training in agriculture, science and technology,
education and other related fields, undertare research and extension services, and provide progressive leadership in these areas."
(Republic Act No. 8468, converting the Don Severino Agricultural College into University Status, to be called Cavite State University).
Republic Act No. 8435 or the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997 (AFMA) under section 86 states,
"It is hereby declared the policy of the state to promote science and technology, as essential for national development and progress.
The State shall give priority to the utilization of research results through formal and non-formal education, extension, and training services."
"Extension refers to the act of communicating, persuading, and helping specific sectors or target clientele to enable them to effectively improve
production, community and/or institutions, and quality of life" (CHED Memo No. 08, s 2008).