Window Rock Extension

This program addresses the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service’s (CSREES) Strategic Goal 4:
Enhance Protection and Safety of the Nation’s Agriculture and Food Supply. The Navajo Nation encompasses around 14.7 million acres in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Reservation agriculture is based primarily on livestock production with limited small scale irrigated and dryland farming. Small herds of sheep, goats, cattle and horses form an important part of life

WIndow Rock Extension provides livestock record keeping training.

The Navajo Nation and Extension Programs fact sheet provides background information about the Navajo Nation.  It divides this information into two parts, the general setting and the history of extension on the reservation. Additional information is provided on the population, communities, language, education, and agriculture/ranching.

Extension programs found on the Navajo Reservation.

Navajo ranchers and farmers need dependable information and
education to enhance their efficiency and productivity. The focus and
goal of the Navajo Nation Federally Recognized Tribal Extension Program
(FRTEP) is to challenge and improve certain existing production and
marketing practices so that the people can realize needed benefits.
Many producers engage in management strategies that are based neither
on traditional methodologies nor contemporary best practices. The
result is loss of income to families and lower productivity of
resources.

This article gives and overview of extension programs on the Navajo Reservation.  It covers the geographic, social, and  economic setting, communities, language, education, and economic activities.

The Navajo Nation (Diné in Navajo language) includes everything important to the Navajo: the land, kinship, language, religion, and the right to govern them selves, known as tribal sovereignty.

Overview of the Navajo Nation and extension programs