INFLUENCE OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION PROGRAMME ON FARMERS’ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN KANO STATE

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dc.contributor.authorIDI, GARBA
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-06T09:37:10Z
dc.date.available2014-03-06T09:37:10Z
dc.date.issued2011-08
dc.descriptionAGRIC EDUCATION SECTION, DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT The study was carried out to investigate the Influence of Agricultural Extension Programme on Farmers’ Agricultural Production in Kano State. Four specific objectives and four research questions were formulated. Four null hypotheses were also formulated based on the objectives. Twelve Local Government Areas (a village from each) were selected from the study area for the purpose of this study. 8,866 farmers (household heads) and 236 extension agents served as population for the study. 370 farmers and 152 extension agents were randomly selected from the population as samples. Survey research design was used for the study, where two sets of questionnaire were used as instrument for data collection, one for the farmers, and the other for extension agents. The data collected were analyzed using percentages and Spearman’s Rho Correlation Procedure at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the study showed that 87.6% of the farmers were males, 62.2% acquired formal education at different levels, 54.6% belonged to farmers association. 87.6% used improved farm practices introduced to them frequently, 85% had increase in yield after the adoption of the improved practices. 59.4% indicated that cost and unavailability of fertilizers were the major problems that caused them not to adopt the improved farm practices. The results of the tested null hypothesis I indicated that the personal characteristics of the farmers were highly correlated with adoption of agricultural innovation, and that of null hypothesis II discovered that the types of teaching methods used by extension agents in disseminating the improved farm practices to farmers were significantly correlated with the rate of adoption by the farmers, also, the results of the null hypothesis III showed that the adoption of improved farm practices by the farmers was significantly correlated with change in agricultural production, and that of null hypothesis IV ascertained that the factors militating against the adoption of improved farm practices were significantly correlated with effectiveness of extension activities in the study area. Therefore the null hypothesis I, II, III and IV earlier stated were rejected. Conclusively, from the findings, Agricultural Extension Programmes were found effective in the study area, and led to increase in sorghum, millet and cowpea production. However, there were some factors such as high cost of agricultural production inputs and lack of technical knowledge on some improved farm practices that made some farmers not to adopt the improved farm practices introduced to them. Based on the findings of the study, some recommendations were given, that Kano State Government should encourage more adult literacy classes in rural areas, employ more trained male and female extension agents, and provide agricultural inputs to rural farmers on time and at subsidized prices for more effective agricultural extension programme in the state.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3371
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectINFLUENCE,en_US
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL,en_US
dc.subjectEXTENSION,en_US
dc.subjectPROGRAMME,en_US
dc.subjectFARMERS,en_US
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL,en_US
dc.subjectPRODUCTION,en_US
dc.subjectKANO,en_US
dc.subjectSTATE.en_US
dc.titleINFLUENCE OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION PROGRAMME ON FARMERS’ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN KANO STATEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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