Policy initiatives for improving the contributions of university agricultural education and extension institutions to environmental and sustainable development in agriculture

Alawa, David Adie; Ajigo, Ikutal; Unimna, Fidelis; Udie, Elizabeth A.; Adie, John B.

doi:10.5897/err2020.3990

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“…The FGDs were held once with staff in Cross River Agricultural Development Programme (CRADP) in the State while one meeting each was held with key informants (registered farmers) in ADP across the three agricultural zones of the State. The trustworthiness of qualitative data was established through triangulation, prolong engagements with participants, peer debriefing and data collection was logical, traceable and documented (Alawa, et al, 2020;Lincoln & Guba, 1985). The FGD data generated was analyzed through the development of codes (themes), patterns and establishment of relationships based on the patterns.…”

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Inclusion of ecological sustainable development themes into agricultural extension education programme: content and delivery methods

Adie Alawa,

Sunday Begianpuye,

Mohammed

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The continuous adoption of unsustainable ecological practices by farmers on land resources threatens sustainable development in agricultural production. With increase in population and agricultural intensification, ecological problems such as erosion, deforestation, overgrazing, low yields of agricultural produce among others may be on the increase if farmers are not very conscious of their activities on land. This study determined the extent of inclusion of ecological sustainable development themes and methods used in teaching these content areas to farmers in the agricultural extension outreach programme of Cross River State. Two research questions were answered and two hypotheses were tested. The study adopted descriptive survey research design and was carried out in Cross River State with a sample of 250 comprising 180 registered farmers and 70 extension personnel. The researchers used mixed method of data collection involving quantitative and qualitative approaches. A 38-item structured questionnaire was used in collecting the quantitative data, while focused group discussions (FGD) and content analysis were used in generating qualitative data. The instrument was face validated by three experts and Cronbach Alpha reliability index of 0.84 was estimated. Out of 250 copies of questionnaire administered, 246 copies were retrieved and analyzed using mean, standard deviation and independent t-test statistic to answer the research questions and test the null hypotheses at p>.05. The study found out that 15 ecological sustainable development themes were included as content areas into the agricultural extension outreach programme of Cross River State while only 7extension teaching methods out of 22 were used in teaching the farmers in the programme. It was recommended that Cross River Agricultural Development Programme should ensure that ESD themes not fully included into agricultural extension programme are integrated and taught to farmers while enabling conditions are made to facilitate individual contacts of extension personnel with farmers to reasonably convince them and prepare them for sustainable ecological resource use and conservation.

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Inclusion of ecological sustainable development themes into agricultural extension education programme: content and delivery methods

Adie Alawa,

Sunday Begianpuye,

Mohammed

et al. 2023

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“…At the middle basic education level, agriculture is concerned with the teaching of rudimentary processes of producing plant and animal materials to pupils; that is, pupils are taught to acquire knowledge, attitude and rudimentary skills involved in the process of producing plant and animal materials for human consumption. In sum, agricultural education and training program for pupils at the primary school level requires ideal or quality learning environment for the impartation of the right knowledge and skills covering various aspects of agriculture (Alawa, Ajigo, Unimna, Udie & Adie, 2020) The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council -NERDC (2012) in its 9-Year Basic Education Curriculum stated the following objectives of pre-vocational studies (Agriculture) for primary 4 to 6: To fully achieve the stated objectives of the curriculum of pre-vocational agriculture, the services of competent teachers are required.…”

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Quality Assurance of Teachers in Implementing the Content of Pre- Vocational Agriculture Curriculum in Primary School in Imo State, Nigeria

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S.O.

2023

African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development

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This study was carried out to ascertain the quality assurance of teachers in implementing the content of the pre-vocational curriculum of primary school. Two research questions were formulated and answered by the study. The study was carried out in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. Evaluation and survey research designs were adopted for the study. Sample for the study was 42 teachers of primary school in the area of study. A 35-item psycho-productive multiple choice test and 24 cluster items questionnaire were used to collect data from respondents. Data collected were analyzed using frequency and percentage score (for the multiple choice test), weighted mean and performance gap analysis (for the questionnaire items). It was found out from the study that the teachers were of average quality, and needed improvement for effective teaching of agriculture to pupils in primary school. It was therefore recommended that the findings of this study should be packaged by relevant stakeholders for retraining the teachers through workshops, seminars, or short duration courses for improved performance on the content of pre-vocational agriculture curriculum in primary school.

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Linking Agriculture Research Extension Education and Farmer (Areef) In Local Level: Municipal Perspectives

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Nepali

Timsina

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Purpose: The main research issue of study is to identify the nature of existing linking mechanisms among AREE institutions at municipality level affecting the agriculture service delivery. Study also focused to explore the possibilities of university-community engagement to strengthen the linkage gaps. Design/Methodology/Approach: Convergent parallel mix methods design along with systematic review was employed to attain the study objective. Ten observation of service delivery embedded with KIIs were conducted in five Rural-Municipalities and five Municipalities. The theoretical framework was discussed to improve the current linkage interface at local level Findings: The literature from systematic review showed, top-down research and extension management, fragmented research, extension, and academic institutions, lower perception of the value of linkage, poor infrastructure of basic services, absenteeism of human resource, and with inadequate competencies were the main causes of weak research, extension, education, and farmer linkages at the local level. Implications/Originality/Value: The paper discussed and conceptualize various linkage modalities that are being practiced over the country must be contextualize based on the characteristics of agriculture research, extension and education institutions existing and working in municipalities.

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Policy initiatives for improving the contributions of university agricultural education and extension institutions to environmental and sustainable development in agriculture

Cited by 4 publications

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Inclusion of ecological sustainable development themes into agricultural extension education programme: content and delivery methods

Inclusion of ecological sustainable development themes into agricultural extension education programme: content and delivery methods

Quality Assurance of Teachers in Implementing the Content of Pre- Vocational Agriculture Curriculum in Primary School in Imo State, Nigeria

Linking Agriculture Research Extension Education and Farmer (Areef) In Local Level: Municipal Perspectives

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