Promotion of sustainable agriculture by mpumalanga agricultural extension services: perspective of public extension pratictioners

Accuracy of Extension Professionals’ and Farmers’ Perceptions regarding Privatization and Commercialization of Agricultural Extension Services

This study examined the accuracy between extension professionals and farmers regarding their perceptions of privatization and commercialization of agricultural extension services. The study was carried out in Delta State, Nigeria and it had a sample size of 224 respondents comprising of 134 extension professionals of the Delta State Agricultural Programme (DTADP) and 90 farmers that were random...

Analysis of farm management extension services performed by extension agents of Agricultural Development Projects in Southwest Nigeria

The study analyzed farm management extension services (FMESs) performed by the extension agents of Agricultural Development Projects in South West Nigeria. Study representatives were sampled randomly from Oyo ADP, Osun ADP and Ekiti ADP, making a 50% representation of the South-West. A proportionate sample of 80% of the total of the extension agents in each of the 3 case studies was randomly se...

Role of Agricultural Extension Courses in Adoption of Sustainable Agriculture (Case Study: Wheat Farmers of Shoushtar Township)

Identifying role of extension system in adoption of new technologies have important role to developing favorable extension systems. For supporting sustainable agriculture in Iran needs extension systems to be carefully thought and accurately implemented. The purpose of this is analyzing role of extension activities in adoption of sustainable agriculture. Based on the results the attending agric...

Extension and Advisory Services Rural Extension Services for Agricultural Transformation

Agriculture Extension Curriculum: an Analysis of Agriculture Extension Students Views in the Agricultural Universities of Pakistan

A study was conducted in year 2009, to analyze the views of enrolled agriculture extension students about existing agricultural extension curricula in the agricultural universities of Pakistan. The main objectives were to provide information of students’ evaluation to the overall structure on the agricultural extension curriculum and to identify strengths and weaknesses in areas of the curricul...