This study examined the knowledge and perception of farmers regarding privatization and commercialization of agricultural extension services in Delta State, Nigeria. A sample size of 90 farmers in contact with extension agents was randomly selected for the study. Data for the study was collected through the use of a validated structured interview schedule. Both descriptive and inferential stati...

Asurvey study was conducted to assess the knowledge/awareness level in IPM technology among farmers. Four villages were randomly selected from Sargodha district for data collection. Thirteen farmers from each village were selected randomly and sample size was 52 respondents. More than 92% of respondents have no advisory services either from public or private sector. The findings imply that resp...

[Investment banks play an intermediary role in the financial system that is integral to its efficient operation. A core, and highly visible, aspect of their work is providing financial advisory services to institutional clients on transactions that have strategic importance, such as mergers and acquisitions. As these services are but one aspect of the broad and diverse range of financial servic...

Many studies show that interaction with agricultural advisory services impacts productivity and profitability on farms. However, less attention is paid to explaining how this impact achieved. This paper explores the factors determine implementation of newly learned knowledge from engagement achieve an farm level performance. Focusing Irish case, a series semi-structured interviews purposive sam...

this study examined the accuracy between extension professionals and farmers regarding their perceptions of privatization and commercialization of agricultural extension services. the study was carried out in delta state, nigeria and it had a sample size of 224 respondents comprising of 134 extension professionals of the delta state agricultural programme (dtadp) and 90 farmers that were random...

A 10–year Content Analysis to Assess Research Theme Areas in Agricultural Education: Gap Analysis of Future Research Priorities in the Discipline. (December 2007) Leslie Dawn Jenkins Edgar, B.S., Utah State University; M.S., Utah State University Co–Chairs of Advisory Committee: Dr. Tracy A. Rutherford Dr. Gary E. Briers The field of agricultural education relies on multiple research journals t...

Investment advisory services of financial service providers (FSPs) exhibit several characteristics that are detrimental to advisory quality. The interaction of advisor and client is strained by a lack of transparency regarding the advisory process (what activities are performed and why) and the information used therein (what information is used for what purpose and with what effect), as well as...