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.
Department | Education |
Project ID Code | EDU0292 |
Chapters | 5 Chapters |
No of Pages | 38 pages |
Methodology | Null |
Reference | YES |
Format | Microsoft Word |
Price | ₦4000, $15 |
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