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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