Status of Job Motivation and Job Performance of Field Level Extension Agents in Ogun State: Implications for Agricultural Development

Fabusoro, E.; Awotunde, JM; Sodiya, C. I.; Alarima, Cornelius Idowu

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“…It begins with job requirements and compares the extension agent's knowledge and skills to determine training needs. Any gap reveals training needs (Fabusoro et al, 2008). Job analysis is the identification of the purpose of a job, it essentials part and specifying what must be learned for effective work performance (Marchington and Wilkinson (2000).…”

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confidence: 99%

Kümes Hayvanı Çiftçilerinin Nijerya, Edo Eyaletindeki Eğitim İhtiyaç Analizi

Oghenero¹,

Uhunmwangho

Yarhere³

et al. 2021

Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Tarım Bilimleri Dergisi

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This study assessed the training needs poultry farmers in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. The objectives were to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of the poultry farmers, examine the perceived training needs of the poultry farmers, ascertain the sources of information to poultry farmers, determine the sources of assistance to poultry farmers and identify the constraints to the training of poultry farmers. A quota sampling technique was used to select 84 respondents. The study results revealed that the mean age of the respondents was 33years and more of the respondents were male. More of the respondents were married and had an average household of 6 persons. The respondents were educated up to the secondary education level with a mean farming experience of 8 years and extension visits were annual. This study unveiled that respondents lacked competence among others in feed formulation (85.7%) and medication provision (76.2%). The majority of the poultry farmers possess a high level of awareness from cooperative society (75%) as the highest source of information while few of them possess low-level awareness from extension workers (47.6%). Self-help (mean = 3.26) was the highest source of assistance to the poultry farmers. The constraints such as inadequate farming fund (mean = 3.19), inadequate training provision (mean = 3.10) and inadequate input support (mean = 3.08) were considered to be the most serious. It was recommended that extension workers should be ready to make themselves available to farmers monthly.

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Section: Review Of Related Theories and Modelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Kümes Hayvanı Çiftçilerinin Nijerya, Edo Eyaletindeki Eğitim İhtiyaç Analizi

Oghenero¹,

Uhunmwangho

Yarhere³

et al. 2021

Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Tarım Bilimleri Dergisi

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“…This is expected because the field level extension agents (FLEA) in the Nigeria Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) are directly responsible for dissemination of extension messages to farmers within the catchments areas. Furthermore, they are the most important elements in the Training and Visit (T&V) management system of extension as reported by Fabusoro et al, (2008). The village extension agents (VEAs) are the frontline workers responsible for the day-to-day extension delivery activities to the farmers.…”

Section: Location/distribution Of Agricultural Development Programmesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Its job may vary considerably from country to country, but without exception it is expected to inform, advise and educate in a practical manner. Agricultural extension services are established for the purpose of changing the knowledge, skills, practices and attitude of masses of rural people, school pupils, suppliers and buyers of agricultural products and many other institutions involved in activities affecting rural people (Fabusoro, Awotunde & Alarima, 2008;Oyegbami, 2014). At the Federal and State levels, governments continue to actively evolve policies and programmes aimed at facilitating the rapid development of the agricultural sector.…”

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Location and distance of farmers to agricultural extension service: implication for agricultural development in Oyo State, Nigeria

Oyegbami¹

2018

S Afr. Jnl. Agric. Ext.

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The study investigated the location and distance covered by farmers to agricultural extension service/unit among farmers in Oyo state. Furthermore, it tried to look at the implication on farmers' agricultural production. A multistage random sampling procedure was used to select 320 farmers from four agricultural zones (Ibadan/Ibarapa, Ogbomoso, Oyo and Saki) of Oyo State Agricultural Development programme (OYSADEP). Farmers were selected from 8 local government areas and from 124 villages. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the results from the study. Findings revealed that agricultural extension agents were within the reach of farmers as 79.1% of the farmers indicated that agricultural extension agents were the major source of agricultural information and also provided advisory service (77.8%). The mean distance covered by farmers to extension units was 17.8km but bad road network (77.5%) and low extension-farmer ratio (64.1%) were some of the major constraints identified by farmers as affecting extension service delivery. Regression analysis between distance of farmers to extension and other production incentives show a positive relationship (p<0.00) on income alone. Therefore, it is recommended that the government improve road conditions and also invest funds to support the Agricultural development Programme (ADP) system.

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“…It can also be seen from Table 1 that 35.0% of the respondents had between 11 years and 15 years of working experience, 18.33% of them had 6 years -10 years of working experience, 14.00% had more than 16 years of working experience while a dismal (5.0%) had less than 6 years of working experience. Previous studies (Ani, 2006;Eumankama and Anyanwu, 2008;Fabusoro et al, 2008) have shown that years of working experience is a very important factor affecting the performance of field extension workers in the execution of their duties. Experienced extension workers tend to perform extension work with ease.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Training and retraining help in educating extension workers about new technologies as knowledge is always dynamic. Trained and knowledgeable extension workers also command confidence in terms of addressing farmers' problems (Fabusoro et al, 2008).…”

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Analysis of the refresher training courses attended by extension workers in Borno State, Nigeria

Idrisa¹,

Ogunbameru²

2012

GJAS

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This study analyzed the refresher training attended by extension workers in Borno State Agricultural Development Programme (BOSADP). One hundred and eighty (180) Village Extension Workers (VEWs) out of the 360 VEWs operating in the Zone were randomly selected for the study. Data were collected using structured questionnaire. Frequency counts, percentages and Chi-Square were used to analyze the data. It was found that majority of the respondents were over 30 years of age; 56.66% of the respondents had HND or B. Sc while 76% of them had more than 10 years working experience as extension workers. The study also revealed that more than half of the respondents who went on training had their training on crop subsector followed by 40.00% who had their training on the livestock subsector while only 13.33% of them had training in home economics. While 73.33% of the respondents went for training less than six times in the last five years, 71.67% of the respondents were able to deliver a maximum of 8 out of the 15 technologies tested. The educational qualification of respondents, the level of training they received and their working experience as extension workers were significant in influencing the competence of the respondents in terms of technology delivery to farmers. Lack of sponsorship to attend workshops/conferences and distance of training venues were the major constraints to the workshops/conference attendance by the respondents. It was therefore recommended that: Extension workers should be encouraged, to go for training using both the regular programme training and short courses/refresher courses; training of extension workers should cover all subsectors of agriculture; and the training venue should not be too far from the Village Extension Workers' duty post.

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Status of Job Motivation and Job Performance of Field Level Extension Agents in Ogun State: Implications for Agricultural Development

Cited by 14 publications

References 5 publications

Kümes Hayvanı Çiftçilerinin Nijerya, Edo Eyaletindeki Eğitim İhtiyaç Analizi

Kümes Hayvanı Çiftçilerinin Nijerya, Edo Eyaletindeki Eğitim İhtiyaç Analizi

Location and distance of farmers to agricultural extension service: implication for agricultural development in Oyo State, Nigeria

Analysis of the refresher training courses attended by extension workers in Borno State, Nigeria

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