Training of Public Extension Agents in Nigeria and the Implications for Government’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda

Abstract

The paper reviewed and analyzed the findings from five years of ADPs and Agricultural field situation survey conducted by NAERLS and NFRA. The study examined the pattern and scope of training needs in the public sector extension in Nigeria, EA: FF ratio, problems and prospects of conducting training and the implications of all these for the current government’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA).