This brings us up to 1958 in the evolution of the Ministry of Agriculture,
but certainly not to the end of the story, which is still in process
of unfolding. In 1958, for example, there was a movement under way with
strong prodding from the American technical advisers-to create
an instrumentality, whether or not in the form of a new department,
which would carry out extension services. Virtually every one of the
product-oriented departments had its own extension division dedicated
to the dissemination of new techniques and methods. Would it not be more logical-more functional-to transfer all these divisions to a single
new extension service which would offer a unified approach to the
farmer, channeling to him all the diverse services and resources of
the separate departments? But the answer which history will give to
this question remains to be disclosed.