National agricultural extension and advisory systems have undergone major changes during the past two decades. These changes have been attributed to the success of the Green Revolution, commercialisation of agriculture and trade liberalization. In addition, transnational corporations develop a wide range of new technologies, which directly impact on agricultural production in developed and deve...

The paper explored the policy options targeted at preventing extreme hunger after surviving COVID-19 pandemic. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select 15 key informants across five purposively selected Local Government Areas in Kaduna and Ogun States for this study. Checklist (administered through recorded telephone calls) elicit responses (qualitative data) on impacts of food system. ...

The agricultural extension service in Sri Lanka is generally considered as supply driven, and limitedly focused on farmers’ aspirations and needs. The state services are also said to be inefficient and operating at a high cost. From the farmers’ point of view it is an incomplete service provider. This has increased attention towards the potential for privatization of agricultural extension serv...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to investigate the benefits and limitations of using radio to communicate agricultural information to peasant farmers, and how radio can be successfully incorporated into agricultural extension service programmes. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative and qualitative research techniques were used and applied to gather, analyse and interpret data. Twen...

As a result of the effect climate change on food security and rural livelihoods, promotion adoption climate-smart agricultural practices have become very crucial. The role extension in decision process is an important factor. However, delivery systems most developing countries face numerous challenges that raise concerns about their ability to bring desired impact farm households’ decisions. Re...

the main purpose of this research was to investigate the factors influencing on computer attitudes of agricultural extension agents. the target population consisted of all extension agents of agricultural engineering and council services companies in kermanshah township (n= 85).  a sample of 70 agents was selected through a stratified random sampling. based on the results, the majority of agent...

Relationship between public and private sector is becoming an increasingly important issue in management of agricultural extension services. The need for a strong linkage could be identified as the gap between desirable and current situation. In this research, the differences among current and desirable situation in six diverse dimensions was calculated. The current and desirable situation was ...