Agricultural Value Chain Extension: A panacea for Agricultural Transformation in Nigeria

Information Communication Technologies in Agricultural Extension Delivery of Agricultural Transformation Agenda

  The study examined the role of information communication technologies in extension delivery of Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) of Nigeria.  The objectives were to: examine the agricultural extension delivery of ATA; identify ICTs relevant in agricultural extension and application of ATA; examine roles of ICTs in extension of ATA and identify constraints to the use of ICTs in extensio...

Training Needs of Agricultural Extension Agents in Delta State, Nigeria

This study examined the training needs of agricultural extension agents in Delta State, Nigeria. A sample of 102 respondents was drawn from extension agents in the States’ Agricultural Development Programme (ADP), Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources (MANR) and the FADAMA Programme. Data were collected in February 2017 by using a structured and validated questionnaire. Data generated w...

Extension and Advisory Services Rural Extension Services for Agricultural Transformation

Gender Issues in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development in Nigeria

Agricultural development has been a major concern to most developing countries within the last two decades. It represents a cluster of six related but separate concepts; agricultural expansion; increased production per acre of cropped land or per head of livestock; agricultural growth; a situation characterized with agricultural products per agricultural worker, rising income per person employe...

Agricultural Value Chain Finance Tools and Lessons