Abstract Background In recognition of the potential importance road access in provision and request for agricultural extension services, this study investigates whether to what extent paved roads would influence farmers’ using a nationally representative sample households communities Malawi. Our proposes an measure that reflects diversity topics service providers available village where farmers...

household food security remains a challenge in south africa. the national government instituted the integrated food security strategy (ifss) programme which identifies household agricultural production as an important element of improving household-level food security. agricultural extension is well positioned to help achieve this aim, but its current contribution is unknown. this study identif...

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...

customer satisfaction is the most important element for developing and sustaining organizational priorities and practices. thus, we examined farmers’ overall satisfaction with agricultural extension services and its determinants using data collected from 150 beneficiary farmers in north west ethiopia. the findings show that about 55% of the interviewees were satisfied whereas 45% of them were d...

Lack of understanding of the extension, education, and development practitioners’ role and their contribution to sustainable agriculture is the main challenge of sustainability projects in Iran. Accordingly, the aim of this study was toidentify the extension system that has been more successful in sustainable horticulture. The population consisted of 22 pioneer farmers that had used or are usin...