TOURING THE GAP BETWEEN EXTENSION AGENTS, EXTENSION STRATEGIES, CAPACITY BUILDING AND CONSTRAINTS OF RICE PRODUCTION IN AGRICULTURAL ZONE IN NIGER STATE, NIGERIA

Mohammed, U., Umaru, A., Ahmad, B. S.
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The study examined or assessed the gap between extension agents, extension strategies, capacity buildinga and constraints of rice production in agricultural zone of Niger  State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was used in selecting 48 respondents. Data were collected through the administration of questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The study found that a participatory approach is not fully decentralized in planning, monitoring and evaluation of the agricultural extension programs to meet the demand-driven services of the farmers in the study area. Moreover, there is a difference between the capacity building of the extension personnel and the constraints incurred in rice production. The capacity building is mostly focused on production and post-harvest of rice production, while having multitude of constraints in marketing as well. Therefore, it is recommended that a participatory approach must be fully promoted and the capacity building of extension personnel must be melded with the demand-driven needs of farmers in approaching the rice production issues. The study will be needful for extension agents, policymakers, researchers, educationists and stakeholders in Agriculture and non-Agricultural sectors so as to understand ways of increasing the quality and effectiveness of agricultural extension services to foster agricultural production.
考察尼日利亚尼日尔州农区推广人员、推广战略、能力建设和水稻生产制约因素之间的差距
该研究审查或评估了尼日利亚尼日尔州农业区水稻生产推广机构、推广战略、能力建设和制约因素之间的差距。采用多阶段抽样方法,选取48名调查对象。通过问卷调查收集数据,并使用描述性统计进行分析。研究发现,参与式方法在规划、监测和评估农业推广项目以满足研究地区农民需求驱动的服务方面没有充分分散。此外,推广人员的能力建设与水稻生产所受到的限制之间存在差异。能力建设主要集中在水稻生产的生产和收获后,同时在营销方面也有许多限制。因此,建议在处理水稻生产问题时,必须充分促进参与性办法,推广人员的能力建设必须与农民的需求驱动的需要结合起来。这项研究对农业和非农业部门的推广机构、政策制定者、研究人员、教育工作者和利益相关者都是必要的,以便了解如何提高农业推广服务的质量和有效性,从而促进农业生产。
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