Attitude of farmers towards Non-Governmental Extension Organisations in Oyo-State, Nigeria

Tijani, Sarafat Ayanfunke; Mudashir, HB

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“…The personal characteristics of the respondents are presented in Table 1, which reveals that the mean age of the respondents was 44.2. This implies that most of the respondents were still in their active years and it is in consonance with the findings of Tijani and Mudashir (2013), who reported crop farmers in Oyo state to be either young or middle-aged and in their active years. The table further revealed that 74.1% of the respondents were males while 25.6% of them were females, implying that the farming population in the study area is still male-dominated.…”

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Lead Farmer Extension Approach and Sustainable Extension Service Delivery in Oyo State, Nigeria

Oyelami

Akinwale

Ladele

2018

Contemporary Agriculture

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Summary Over the years, provision of extension and advisory services has been the main thrust of both the public and private extension services in Nigeria. Meanwhile, the lead farmer extension approach has been deployed for cost effectiveness, broader reach and sustainability. The utility value of this approach needs to be empirically established. This study therefore examined the extent to which the approach has achieved the intended objectives among randomly sampled maize farmers in Iseyin and Saki-West Local Government Areas (LGAs). Interview schedule and focus group discussion among farmer groups were used for the study. Lead farmer extension approach was cost and time effective vis-a-vis the number of farmers reached and the achieved outcome. Almost 70% of the lead farmers encountered late arrivals and impatience from group members during step-down training activities while all of them complained of insufficient funds for refreshment. About 65% of the farmers engaged in selective adoption of the training items owing to various reasons. There was also a significant difference between the knowledge level of the lead farmers and their respective group members while the group members’ assessment of their respective lead farmers’ performance was high. The study concluded that this extension approach was effective and could serve to complement the efforts of extension workers in the state.

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Lead Farmer Extension Approach and Sustainable Extension Service Delivery in Oyo State, Nigeria

Oyelami

Akinwale

Ladele

2018

Contemporary Agriculture

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Attitude of farmers towards Non-Governmental Extension Organisations in Oyo-State, Nigeria

Abstract: The study examined the attitude of farmers towards non-governmental extension organisations (NGEOs)

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Lead Farmer Extension Approach and Sustainable Extension Service Delivery in Oyo State, Nigeria

Lead Farmer Extension Approach and Sustainable Extension Service Delivery in Oyo State, Nigeria

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