Performance of Extension Service of the Agricultural Development Project in Yobe State, Nigeria
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The study evaluated the perceived changes in the performance of the extension service of the Agricultural Development Project in Yobe State, Nigeria. A two-stage sampling procedure was adopted to select eighty (80) respondents for the study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect primary data. Data were analysed using percentage, mean, Chi-square and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The results showed that the respondents’ mean age was 42.8 years. Most (68.8%) of the respondents were males. Skill possession in communication was the highest (4.38). Extension agents’ Job satisfaction was high for relationship with supervisors and co-workers (3.90), and responses of farmers to extension services (3.65). Extension agents perceived that extension performance has declined generally. There were significant negative relationships between age (r=-0.445), years of experience (r=-0.476), monthly salary (r=-0.229), household size (r=-0.341), extension agents’ skills (r=-0.500) and perceived change in extension performance. Extension performance should be enhanced through adequate funding of the extension agency to equip, motivate and support the personnel. Keywords: Extension agents, change, performance, skills, satisfaction
Authors: Ezekiel Oluwatoyin Owoade, Sunday Moses Oluyomi, Ahmed Saleh Rabi, Yusuf Ali Umar
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7103104888
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