Abstract
The purpose of the study is to determine farmers’ perception on agricultural extension delivery approaches on Mbororo female livestock farmers in North-West Cameroon. Primary data was collected using structured questionnaires established to Mbororo women. Interviews guides were used to get more information on the perception of Bororo female livestock farmer on effectiveness extension services delivery. Secondary data was collected from books, journals, research projects and articles and internet search. The study made use of simple random sampling method.400 questionnaires were distributed randomly to Mbororo women in Mezam, Momo, Boyo, Donga-Mantung divisions of the North-West region of Cameroon. Data analysis was done using statistical package for social science (SPSS). Results revealed that farmers perception on participation in extension delivery services is 76.6% not effective,organisation of field days is 63.35% not effective, farm visit by extensionagents is 53.3% not effective, holding field meetings with farmers is just 30.3% effective. Generally the Mbororo female livestock farmers have a negative perception on the quality of extension services delivered to them in livestock farming.They believe that the qualities of extension services are not effective at all level of implementations. Thus extension agents should strive well to develop strategies that can improve on service delivery to female livestock farmers of North-West region Cameroon. Key words: Farmer’s perception, extension, delivery approaches, livestock farming.
Highlights
Perception is the process by which individuals or a group of people receive information or stimuli from the environment and transform it into psychological awareness (van den Ban and Hwakins, 1996)
Benjamin (2013) define effectiveness as a tool that is used to determine the level of awareness of extension services created among the farmers, number of visits paid by the village extension worker, percentage of scheduled meetings held between farmers and extension workers, number of field meetings held, regularity of meetings held by village extension worker, number of field days organized by village extension worker,monthly or quarterly and number of demonstrations organized by the village extension worker within specified time frame
It should be noted that effective agricultural extension delivery approaches can contributes drastically towards an improved livestock production leading to sustainable agriculture reduce food security and mitigate poverty
Summary
Perception is the process by which individuals or a group of people receive information or stimuli from the environment and transform it into psychological awareness (van den Ban and Hwakins, 1996). In this study perception is defined as the beliefs of farmers regarding extension training program, methods of dissemination, type of technology and field visit given to farmers. It constraints prevent them from reaching their full potential should be noted that positive perception. This is a useful dimension to understand farmer’s characteristics and look for ways to facilitating the adoption of new technologies by the farmers. It is believed that Bororo women have high illiteracy level that prevents them from expanding in most domain of life and most especially in livestock activities (Aeisatu, 2012)
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