A study examined the academic, research, and extension programs of selected agricultural institutions in the Asia-Pacific region in order to determine the extent of their involvement and participation in promoting rural development. Questionnaires were mailed to 65 institutions in 16 countries; 28 (43.1 percent) were returned from 10 countries: India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Among the findings were these: (1) the majority of institutions were government-supported colleges that offered undergraduate and graduate programs and diploma courses; (2) over half of the institutions started offering and requiring courses in extension education, community development, and rural development before 1980, but only 30 percent had developed instructional materials for extension education; (3) research activities of the institutions covered a total of 187 topics or studies in 9 general areas; (4) the research finding were disseminated through the mass media, trainings, workshops, seminars, and farm demonstrations; and (5) an estimated 200 to 200,000 persons were served by the extension or outreach programs of the surveyed institutions. The document includes nine tables and seven references. The appendix, which forms half the document, offers the questionnaire as well as lists or tables on such topics as: (1) responding institutions; (2) courses offered; (3) instructional materials developed; (4) research projects; (5) training programs; and (6) extension priorities. (CML)