SS3 First Term Agricultural Science Lesson Note – Agricultural Extension

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 TOPIC: AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

CONTENT:

• DEFINITION
• Agricultural Extension as a teaching and learning process
• Agricultural Extension Programmes
• Agricultural Extension Methods
• Problems faced by Agricultural EXTENSION in Nigeria

 DEFINITION

Agricultural extension can be defined as a process of disseminating information about new farming techniques from research stations to rural farmers through extension agents.

SUBTOPIC 1: AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AS A TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS

 Agricultural extension is an informal, out-of-school, voluntary agricultural education process involving the dissemination of useful agricultural skills and developed technologies to be adopted by rural people for an improved agriculture and better life.

Agricultural extension is also the process, system or service which assists farmers or rural people through education procedures in improving farming methods and techniques.

It is aimed at educating rural people and farmers on how to adopt modern methods of farming. It is to teach people how to use their skills, knowledge and information to improve their living standard. In extension, farmers learn reasons for change, value for a change, process of change and the results achievable through change. Agricultural extension differs from formal education in the following ways;

• Agricultural extension is voluntary but not compulsory
• It is problem-centred and not student or learner centred
• It has the field as its classroom
• it involves practical demonstrations
• It involves trained workers in agriculture and Home economics.

OBJECTIVES OR ROLES OR FUNCTIONS OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

The following are the objectives or functions of Agricultural extension:

1. To create awareness about innovation in farming
2. To teach farmers to adopt innovation in farming
3. It acts as a link between farmers and Researchers
4. It encourages farmer to use local resources to improve their economic, social and technological status and home management.
5. It helps to change people’s attitude towards their problems
6. It raises the living standard of the rural people
7. It helps to maximize the utilization of agricultural produce
8. It develops the potentials of the people and their environment by developing their leadership skills

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