EFFECTIVENESS OF TRADITIONAL EXTENSION MODELS AMONG RURAL DWELLERS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COMMUNITIES

Sennuga Samson Olayemi,Fadiji Taiye Oduntan

doi:10.21474/ijar01/10791

Abstract

16Apr 2020 EFFECTIVENESS OF TRADITIONAL EXTENSION MODELS AMONG RURAL DWELLERS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COMMUNITIES Sennuga Samson Olayemi and Fadiji Taiye Oduntan School of Agriculture Food and Environment, Royal Agricultural University, Stroud Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, GL7 6JS. Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Abuja, FCT, P.M.B. 117, Abuja, Nigeria.

Highlights

This article examines the factors influencing the effectiveness of traditional extension models among rural dwellers in Sub-Saharan African communities
Participants and Data Collection: Within each community, smallholder farmers were invited to participate in the study through village/community meetings, in which 137 attended from Bassawa and 143 from Shika, and 8 agricultural extension workers were in attendance
100 farming households were randomly selected giving a total of 200 smallholder farmers; primarily on the basis of volunteer families and the list of farmers provided by the extension workers (Government KADP office) working with the farmers in the study area

Summary

Introduction

This article examines the factors influencing the effectiveness of traditional extension models among rural dwellers in Sub-Saharan African communities. The study was conducted in two rural communities in Kaduna State, Nigeria. 20 extension workers were purposively selected from four institutions that provide extension and advisory services in Nigeria. The overall findings revealed that the current extension services in the study area are ineffective and inefficient to meet the needs of rural farmers. Project (ADP), the Federal Government of Nigeria finds it extremely difficult to independently fund the extension and advisory services. Exceptionally low numbers of extension workers and poor funding were ranked as the fundamental challenges confronting extension services in the area.

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