IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
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IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
AGRICULTURE IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
ABSTRACT
This project work is brought up to investigate the impact
played by agricultural extension agent in the development of agriculture in the
nation using Egor Local Government Area
of Edo State as a case study. Four research questions were raise to
capture the impacts played by agricultural extension agents and questionnaires
is used to elicit information from the respondents which are farmers in the
study area. the questionnaire is divided into two part, part A and B. the part A was set up to ask
questions on the personal information of the respondents while section B was to
ask questions that will answer the research questions asked in chapter one of
this project. Multistage random sampling is used to select the respondents.
Hundred (100) respondents are randomly selected and used for the study. The
questionnaire was given to the project supervisor to proof read before
administering it. The questionnaire was collated and simple percentage method
was used to analyze the collated questionnaires and the results were presented
in chapter four of the project. The recommendation made are, the agricultural
extension agents to farmers ratio should be work upon. There should be
considerable number of assigned farmer to agricultural extension agents so as
to foster, learning or there should be more employment of specialist to
carryout agricultural extension service, more time should be allocated to
training or teaching of farmers as some of the farmers are late adopters, time
of visitation should be more frequent so as to instigate encouragement from the
agricultural extension agents to the farmers. If this is worked upon, it will
be very hard for the farmer to forget what they have been taught.
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
Background to the Study
Statement of problem
Objective of the study
Significant of the study
Scope of the study
Basic assumption
CHAPTER TWO
Literature Review
CHAPTER THREE
Research methodology
Design of study
Area of study
Population of the study
Sample and samplings techniques
Research instrument
Administration of research instrument
Method of data Analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
Data analysis
CHAPTER FIVE
Summary
Implication of findings
Recommendations
REFERENCES
QUESTIONNAIRES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Agricultural extension has often been conceptualized as an
education process, which promotes learning it uses the combined findings of
biological sciences and the principles of social science to bring about changes
in knowledge, skill attitude and practices in and out of school setting
(Ileubaoje 2004). Eremie (2005) postulated that an agricultural extension
services has a lot play in ensuring that Nigeria achieves the million
development goals.
It was these perceived important roles of agricultural
extension that informed the establishment of the agricultural development
programme (ADPs). With the re-organization and strengthening of the extension
agent of the ADPS, along training and visits line in 2006, a number of
activities were initiated so as to ensure that the seven features of the
trainings and visits are implemented. These have led to a change in the roles
performed by the extension workers thereby resulting in some level of satisfaction
among both extension workers and their clients (Ajuwon 2006). It is also worth
noting that despite the tremendous achievements of the agricultural sector in
Nigeria, the ADPs have been besotted by a myriad of problems, especially with
the terminal end of the counterpart funding by the World Bank. These problems
range from the Nona rail ability of facilities necessary for effective
implementation and functioning of extension workers to poorly motivated staff
resulting in low morale, low level of role perception and poor performance of
extension workers (Banmeke and Ajayi 2005) Chikwendu et al, (2007) noted that
in recent years, there have been indications of ineffectiveness in the
extension agent of the ADPs.
The goal of every manager is to increase production and
efficiency to obtain maximum result for the organization motivation for better
performance depends on job satisfaction, achievement, recognition and
professional growth (Adeniyi, 2001). The rural area is the predominant food and
fibre producing sector of the Nigeria society and all natural resources which
constitute the wealth of a nation are obtained of the rural areas. The
importance of the rural in Nigeria also his in the mere fact that over 70% of
the people live and derive their livelihood from there. The state of the rural
areas in Nigeria’s is determined by a combination of methods which include
available social, physical and institutional infrastructures as well as the
people’s level of living including their levels of perceived deprivation and
satisfaction with current level of living.
The rural areas in Nigeria is characterized by lack of public
infrastructure, sub-standard education, poor health services and low
agricultural productivity leading to poor standard of living for the majority.
The agricultural extension agent in recent years has however played a
significant role in improving agricultural production in Nigeria through
advisory agent and adequate access to information on improved techniques of
production agricultural extension plays a pivotal role in ensuring the
awareness and subsequent adoption of the contemporary methods of agricultural
management various extension teaching methods have been employed to make sure
that the technologies get to the end users prominent among there is the
training and visit system of the agricultural development programme. The
central principle or idea of the extension strategy is to produce competent and
well- informed extension agents who will frequently and regularly visit farmers
with relevant technical messages and bring farmers problems to research. The
system of extension entails that each extension agent is required to regularly
visit the farmers/farmer’s group with relevant messages that are specific to
the farm practices taking place in the field at that point in time.
Feed back is also taken by the extension agents from farmers
to the research station. The extension agent operates from the back drop belief
that increased agricultural productivity depends primarily upon acceptance of improved
cultural and technological change at the rural farm level and that peasant
farmers can achieve improved production only if they adopt recommended to
agricultural practices in place of traditional over. Successful adoption of
improved agricultural practices is predicated upon rural farmer’s acquiring the
required knowledge and understanding of these technologies. This will improve
productivity and rais4e the living standards of the farmers who are the
beneficences of the agent (Lawal, Bodo Toriminobia Makanjuola (2006) the
efficiency of technologies generated and disseminated however, depends on
effective adoption of the technologies by the end-users.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The failure of the
various extension delivery approaches in developing counties to effectively
engineer significant and sustainable agricultural growth has become a major
concern to all stakeholders, including the donor community.
The concerns have been fueled lately by the wave of
pluralism, market liberalization and globalization sweeping across the world
and giving rise to initiatives that will enhance efficiency and effectiveness
of not only the sub-components of extension delivery but the entire system of
technology generation, dissemination and use. With a rapidly expending
population, environmental degradation, political instability, economies failure
and the declining budget, re-thinking the way agricultural technology is
delivered to farmers has become necessary. This re-thinking engineered the way
we have to investigate the impact of agricultural extension agent in the
development of agricultural in Egor local government of Edo-state.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
This study is set up to investigate the impact played by
agricultural extension in the development of agriculture in the nation using
Egor Local Government Area of Edo State as a case study.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Knowing the impact played by agriculture it will go a long
way to encourage both the individual, government and NGO’s to see reason why
they have to give more attention to agricultural extension in the country. Also, in an attempt to evaluate the impact of
agricultural extension, problems faced by agricultural extension will be look
into and possible solution will be suggested which if duly followed will heap
in educating and alerting existing agricultural extension agents as a result
new agents on what to expect as an extension agent.
RESEARCH QUESTION
1. What is people’s
Understanding about agricultural extension?
2. Have you been
visited by extension agent?
3. What impact does
this visit plays in your agricultural life style?
4. What are the
problems militating the best usage of agricultural extension?
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This study will look into the impact of agricultural
extension on the development of agricultural in the country and the case is
Egor Local Government Area of Edo-state. The populations for this study
comprise of the farmers in the local government as well as agricultural
extension agents.
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