SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF FARMERS’ RESPONSE TO

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE DELIVERY ON RICE PRODUCTION IN

YOBE STATE, NIGERIA

MSC, AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION SYNOPSIS

BY

SADI YAHAYA P21EDVE80I7

SUBMITTED TO THE

DEPERTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION SECTION

SUPERVISORS

DR. LAWAL ABUBAKAR

DR. A.G. DAUDA

RESEARCH TOPIC

SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF FARMERS’ RESPONSE TO AGRICULTURAL

EXTENSION SERVICE DELIVERY ON RICE PRODUCTION IN YOBE STATE, NIGERIA

Problem Statement

The level of adoption of technologies by farmers should not always be used in measuring
the success or failure of extension delivery because the effectiveness and efficiency of extension
delivery mechanism is to a large extent responsible for success or failure of extension
programmes. Farmers are often blamed for not responding to extension delivery programmes
without considering the effectiveness and efficiency which the services are delivered.

Although studies have been carried out on extension service delivery for agricultural production
and marketing of rice. Farmers’ feedbacks have not received appropriate attention, with respect
to quality of services delivered, in terms of content, timeliness of input supply and farmers’
demand for the services and their level of involvement in extension activities.

Research Questions.

i. What are the socio-economic characteristics of the rice farmers in the study area?

ii. What are the farmers’ responses to agricultural extension service delivery on rice
production?
iii. What are the effects of farmers’ response to extension service delivery on the output rice
production
iv. What are the constraints faced by rice farmers in accessing the extension services that are
provided by YOBE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PRPGRAMME [YADP]?

Objectives of the Study

The broad objective of the study is to examine the farmers’ response to agricultural
extension service delivery on rice production in Yobe state.
 The specific objectives are to;

i. Describe the socio-economic characteristics of rice farmers in the study area.

ii. Assess farmers’ responses to agricultural extension service delivery,

iii. Determine the effects of extension service delivery on the output of rice farmers,

iv. Identify the constraints faced by rice farmers on extension services delivered by the
YADP

Research Hypotheses

(i) Ho: There is no significant effect of socio-economic characteristics of rice farmers on

their response to extension service delivery.

(ii) (ii) Ho: Farmers’ response to extension service delivery have no significant effect on the
output of rice farmers.

The research you described falls under the category of applied social science research.
Specifically, it involves a socio-economic assessment, examining the interactions between
agricultural extension services and farmers' responses within the context of rice production in
Yobe State, Nigeria.