A STUDY OF EXTENSION AGENTS PERFORMANCE UNDER THE UNIFIED AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE SYSTEM IN BORNO STATE NIGERIA
The study assessed the performance of extension agents under the Unified Agricultural Extension System (UAES) in Borno state. Structured questionnaires were used to elicit relevant information from 40 extension agents working under the U.A.E.S. in Borno State. The results showed that majority o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria
2018-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Agricultural Extension |
| Online Access: | https://www.aesonnigeria.org/ajm/index.php/jae/article/view/1640 |
| Summary: | The study assessed the performance of extension agents under the
Unified Agricultural Extension System (UAES) in Borno state. Structured
questionnaires were used to elicit relevant information from 40 extension
agents working under the U.A.E.S. in Borno State. The results showed
that majority of the respondents have received the necessary training to
enable them operate effectively under the U.A.E.S. The study also
revealed that majority of the respondents received logistic materials aimed
at enhancing technology delivery to farmers. Both the educational levels
of the respondents and logistic materials given to them have high and
positive correlation coefficients (r = 0.81 and 0.77, respectively) with their
ability to deliver technologies to farmers (P = 0.01 and 0.05). Both the
frequency of extension contacts with the farmers and the number of subsectors covered by extension training have positive and significant
correlation with the income of farmers, (P=0.05). Eighty percent of the
respondents rated the U.A.E.S. to have made favourable impact on their
job performance. Some of the problems in the implementation of U.A.E.S.
in Borno State included irregular release of appropriate research findings
in fisheries and agro-forestry sub-sectors as well as untimely provision of
their blue print or research protocol. It is recommended that research
findings in the non-crop sub-sectors be released early enough and
regularly while extension agents be giving the opportunities to go for the
fresher courses so as to abreast them of new development in agriculture.
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| ISSN: | 1119-944X 2408-6851 |