Introduction
Myanmar is one of the least developed countries in South-East Asia and agriculture is the basic economy of the country. Agricultural extension approaches and methods have been changing in a number of developing countries in recent years to reflect a new development paradigm that emphasizes sustainability, institutional change, and a participatory learning process leading to local capacity building and empowerment. The purpose of this paper is to describe the agricultural extension approaches and methods that have being practiced by Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, United Nations Organizations and international Nongovernmental Organizations in Myanmar and to suggest the participatory extension approaches and methods for the future agricultural development in Myanmar. The main directions of reform in international agricultural extension approaches and methods for a new development paradigm and the potential of Participatory Extension Approaches (PEA) for moving the extension profession towards a development paradigm that embraces learning rather than teaching processes were focused.