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Assessment Of Extension Workers And Practice Of Agricultural Extension Principles
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1.3 Hypothesis of the Study
There
is no significant relationship between extension workers personal
characteristics and channel frequently used in sourcing and
disseminating agricultural extension principles.
There is no
significant relationship between extension workers personal
characteristics and perceived improvement strategies for practice of
agricultural extension principles.
There is no significant
relationship between personal characteristics of extension workers and
the extent to which extension workers apply extension principles in
their daily operation.
There is no significant relationship between
the extent to which extension workers apply extension principles and
channel respondent frequently use in sourcing and disseminating
agricultural extension principles.
There is a significant
relationship between constraints in the use of agricultural extension
principles and the channel respondent frequently use in sourcing and
disseminating agricultural extension principles.
There is no
significant relationship between constraint in the use of extension
principles and the characteristics of extension workers (personal)
There
is no significant relationship between motivational factors for use of
agricultural extension principles and the constraints in the use of
agricultural extension principles.
There is no significant
relationship between improvement strategies for practice of extension
principles and motivational factors for use of agricultural extension
principles.
1.4 Justification of the Study
Over the years
various studies have shown that there is an existing gap between
available knowledge of improved technology and the actual practice
(Odefadehan 205). The extension workers are responsible for the
dissemination of information about these improved technology to farmers
in order to bridge the gap, therefore, their role is very essential,
about the improved technology before they disseminate those information
to the farmers, in order to find ways to bridge this existing gap in
improved technology and the actual practice, this study sought to
investigate the information needs of the extension workers, identify the
present and intended sources of information, determine the social
economic characteristic of the respondent, determine the effectiveness
of these information sources presently used and the constraints
encountered by the respondent in the practice of extension principles.
This
study is of present day relevance to encourage extension workers and
identify little lapses in the sources of improved technology and
practice of extension principles, because useful information bring-forth
increases productivity in agriculture. Essentially, this study will
hopefully add to the available literature, useful for academic research,
and this would be very relevant to researchers in related topics.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Despite the existence of relevant information to increase Agricultural Productivity, many farmers are yet to receive such information due to the limited number of extension workers, particularly in developing nations like Nigeria. Hence, this study was carried out to assess extension workers and practice of extension principles in Edo and Delta States.A multistage sampling techniques was adopted in randomly selecting 80 and 120 respondents from Four Local Government Areas each with high concentr ... Continue reading---
