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European Journal of Social Sciences - Volume 2, Number 1 (2006)
Level of Education:
Those that did not have formal education make up 5% of the respondents. In brief, mot of them (95%)
had no form of formal education or the other. This also implies that most of the farmers were formally
educated. The literacy level of the farmers must have influenced their awareness of extension agents
and their services. This closely relates with the study of Madukwe (1995) where he stated that
educational level of farmers is one of the isolated variables related to the adoption of improved farm
practices.
Hypotheses:
To achieve the set objectives, the following null hypotheses were formulated:
1. There are no significant differences in the assessment of ADP extension services in Delta State
as scored by the respondents in the overall evaluation of the four components of the agricultural
extension services.
(i) Agricultural extension education programmes;
(ii) Agricultural extension human relations;
(iii) Agricultural extension information; and
(iv) Agricultural extension methods.
2. There are no significant differences in the ratings of the contact between farmers and extension
agents in Delta State as viewed by
(i) Extension Administrators;
(ii) Extension Agents;
(iii) Contact Farmers; and
(iv) Non-contact farmers.
3. The effective discharge of duty by extension officers and the effectiveness of their services as
perceived by the respondents were not affected by
(i) Fringe benefits;
(ii) In-Service training;
(iii) Fortnightly meetings; and
(iv) Transportation.
Marital Status:
Most of the respondents (86%) in the study area were married. Only 6.22% were single and were most
likely going to be the few young farmers and extension agents (11%) who were part of the sample
population. The young ones have gone out of the rural areas in search of education and “white collar”
job opportunities.
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