Adapting the ‘Push-Pull’ ‘Farmer Teacher’ Concept to Agricultural Technology Transfer in Nigeria
Evaluative survey of the Nigerian extension service reveals that there has been a consistent perennial constraint to effective agricultural extension practice. Many suggestions aimed at improving the system make efforts to address the “symptomatic attributes†without implicitly addressing the so...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria
2006-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Agricultural Extension |
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| Online Access: | http://aesonnigeria.org/ajm/index.php/jae/article/view/246 |
| Summary: | Evaluative survey of the Nigerian extension service reveals that there has been a consistent perennial constraint to
effective agricultural extension practice. Many suggestions aimed at improving the system make efforts to address the
“symptomatic attributes†without implicitly addressing the source of the problem. What seems as the real solution lies
within the perspective of modifying the existing Training and Visit system model; to inculcate and use the receivers of
technologies and instructional objectives as an essential part of accountability mechanism (quality control). The
extension component of the lpush-pully technology developed by the International Center for Insect Physiology and
Ecology (IClPE), Kenya, skillfully employs the elements of the learning situation to provide satisfactory learning
experiences for farmers by using other farmers (i.e farmer-teachers). The ‘push pull * farmer —teacher* concept is
discovered to formative in orientation, cost-effective, program-efficient and ensures empirical data base generation. The concept offers full capacity building process for receivers of technologies and full stakeholders * participation,which is required for self-accountability and programme sustainability. Adaptation of the* farmer-teacher* concept in Nigeria will greatly enhance agricultural extension service delivery and solve the problems of insufficient staffing and financing as experienced in the Suba District of Kenya. The adaptation of the farmer-teacher* concept to technology
transfer in Nigeria will ensure the sustainability of innovations even after the research institute pulls out.
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| ISSN: | 1119-944X 2408-6851 |