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Title Planning Implementation and Management of Agricultural Extension Services in the Nkoranza District of Ghana
Full text http://dspace.knust.edu.gh/dspace/handle/123456789/237
Date 1994
Author(s) Adams, Charles
Abstract xiii,163p.:ill. - In the Nkoranza district of Ghana where agriculture engages 95 percent of the population, productivity of most crops fall far below achievable levels, major causes of which include heavy field losses, insufficient agricultural financing, declining soil fertility and poor access to extension services. As agricultural extension is considered one of the support services and mode of intervention vital to the development of agriculture, it follows that lot of the people in the district could be improved if the agricultural extension delivery system in the district is improved. The main objective of the study are to examine the planning, implementation and management aspects of extension delivery in the district, identify areas in the delivery system that require improvement and to recommendations for improvement. The multistage and simple random sampling techniques were employed to select farmers and extension staff for interviews. Data was collected from field surveys, key informant interviews and secondary sources. - KNUST Library
Subject(s) Agricultural Extension; Nkoranza District; Ghana; Planning Implementation; Service Management
Language en
Type of publication Thesis
Identifier 2076
Repository Kumasi - Kwame Nkrumah University
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