Determinants of training needs of extension personnel of agricultural development programme (ADP) Ekiti state, Nigeria

Kolawole, Ebenezer Ayorinde; Isitor, S. U.; Owolabi, A. O.

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“…This implies that the extension workers are still productive and, hence can actively and conveniently undertake new responsibilities such as delivering nutrition education to farming households. This agrees with the findings of Kolawole et al (2016) in Ekiti state Nigeria which report that the mean age of the extension personnel was 44 years with about 63% within the age range of 41-50 years (Middle Ages). The working experience results show that the extension workers have between a minimum of 2 years and a maximum of 28 years of experience with a mean age of 12 years year.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…However, a few of them have bachelors and master's degrees. Hence a similar finding was made by Kolawole et al (2016) in Ekiti state of Nigeria. Similarly, the result in Table 2 indicates that most extension agents (87.8%) have never provided any nutrition information to farming households in the study area.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…It also reflects gender balance in the distribution of extension workers in the state. Kolawole et al (2016) in also made a similar observation in Ekiti state. The results of the nutrition education training attended by the extension workers revealed that majority of the extension workers (90%) had never attended any training on nutrition education; this may be attributed to the fact that in Nigeria Nutrition education is not currently incorporated in agricultural extension training.…”

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confidence: 67%

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Assessment of Extension Workers’ Nutrition Education Competency Level and Training Needs in Katsina State, Nigeria

Ibrahim,

Khidir

et al. 2023

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This research was carried out to assess the extension workers’ nutrition education competency level and training needs in Katsina state, Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to sample 90 extension workers from the three agricultural zones in the state. Seven categories of 49 specific nutrition education competency items were adapted for the study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the sampled respondents. The mean competency rating for each competency item was computed using SPSS and Microsoft Excel. A Mean scale to interpret the computed mean values. While mean weight discrepancy score was used to determine the areas of training needed by the extension workers. The findings showed that 85.6% of the respondents were males with a mean age of 44 years. It also revealed that the extension workers had a high level of literacy and vast years of working experience of 20-25 years. In terms of their nutrition education competency level, the findings showed that 71.42% of the extension workers have an average competency level on basic nutrition knowledge, nutritional needs of different household members, Hygiene and sanitation, Post-harvest handling and food safety, as well as on Gender and nutrition. However, the extension workers were found to have a low competency level in planning and resource allocation for household food security which also featured to be the prioritized area of training needed by the extension workers. It was finally recommended that nutrition education should be integrated into the extension worker's professional training in the study area.

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Assessment of Extension Workers’ Nutrition Education Competency Level and Training Needs in Katsina State, Nigeria

Ibrahim,

Khidir

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“…Specific objectives of the study include assessing the farmers' awareness and usage of the technologies developed by researchers; examine the linkage that exists between the research, extension and farmers; identify constraints to the effective linkage and recommend strategies that can strengthen the linkage for agricultural development. Our hypothesis can be stated thus: there is no significant difference in the participation of researchers, extension agents and farmers in the technology transfer (Kolawole, Isitor and Owolabi, 2016).…”

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Empirical Assessment of Missing Link in Agricultural Technology Development and Transfer Nexus in Nigeria

Ogunjimi¹,

Ojo²,

Obabire³

et al. 2021

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Governments and Non-Governmental Organisation (NGOs) focussed on the funding of research but neglect a very crucial issue of the transfer of technologies. Unfortunately, most of these technologies invented end up on bookshelves which might be as a result of missing linkage between the researchers, extension organizations and farmers. Therefore, the study focussed on factors associated with the missing link among researchers, extension workers and farmers in technology development and transfer. The study was carried out in the south-western part of Nigeria. The study employed the use of an interview schedule for farmers and questionnaire for extension personnel and researchers. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 398 respondents which include 80 researchers, 85 extension agents and 233 farmers.Data collected were analysed with descriptive statistics and correlation coefficient. The findings revealed that most (61%) of the selected technologies developed by research institutions were not known to the farmers. About 21% out of 39% of farmers that were aware of the technologies were still using it while 18% had discontinued the usage. Factors associated with research-extension-farmers missing link include package of recommendations not suitable for farmers (researcher 95.7%, extension agents 84.3% and farmers 95.1%); time lag between the availability of research findings and their application by the farmer (research (64.2%) extension workers (73.2%) and farmers (80%)), wages and salary differential (researchers (65.4%) and extension workers (78.3%)) and inadequate funds (researcher 90.4% and extension workers (95.3%)). The linkage strength could be influenced by the personal and psychological factors of personnel involved in research and dissemination. The gap that exists between the technologies invented and those that have been accepted by farmers has to be bridged by developing stronger links between researchers, extension personnel and the farmers by government agencies. Keywords— Extension workers, farmers, linkage, researchers, research development, technology transfer.

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“…Agriculture has always played a very prominent role in sustaining the economy of Nigeria. In fact, it was the mainstay of the nation's economy before the discovery of crude oil (Omorogiuwa et al, 2014;Kolawole et al, 2016). Even with increased attention given to oil sector, agriculture is the base of Nigeria's economy and the main source of livelihood for most Nigerians (Omorogiuwa et al, 2014;Bernstein, 2017;Ikenwa et al, 2017;Diao et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

Effect of Ondo State Agricultural Inputs Supply Agency on profitability of crop farmers in Owo Lga, Ondo State, Nigeria

Odeyemi¹,

Adetarami²,

Johnson³

et al. 2021

Agro-Sci.

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This study assessed the effect of Ondo State Agricultural Inputs Supply Agency (OSAISA) on the profitability of crop farmers in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. The study specifically described the socio-economic characteristics of arable crop farmers, compared the profitability of OSAISA patronizing food crop farmers (PF) and non-patronizing food crop farmers (NPF) and identified the various constraints encountered by patronizing farmers in dealing with OSAISA. One hundred and twenty food crop farmers random sampling procedure. Information was obtained from the respondents using a well-structured questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed with both descriptive statistics and budgeting technique. Findings revealed that 88.3% and 86.7% of the PF and NPF, respectively were males. About 50.0% of PF and 56.7% of NPF were between 41 and 50 years of age. The net farm income of the PF was greater than the NPF and benefit cost ratio for PF was more sustainable and viable than that of NPF. The major constraint faced by the OSAISA’ PF was inadequate capital to purchase the desired inputs. Based on the results, the study concludes that OSAISA contributes tremendously to the profitability of patronizing farmers in the study area. It is, therefore, recommended that farmers should be given easy access to acquire loan to meet their input demand and farming business in general; including adequate and timely supply of inputs for effective and efficient productivity.

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Determinants of training needs of extension personnel of agricultural development programme (ADP) Ekiti state, Nigeria

Cited by 6 publications

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Assessment of Extension Workers’ Nutrition Education Competency Level and Training Needs in Katsina State, Nigeria

Assessment of Extension Workers’ Nutrition Education Competency Level and Training Needs in Katsina State, Nigeria

Empirical Assessment of Missing Link in Agricultural Technology Development and Transfer Nexus in Nigeria

Effect of Ondo State Agricultural Inputs Supply Agency on profitability of crop farmers in Owo Lga, Ondo State, Nigeria

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