The study analyzed factors that motivate agricultural extension agents in Agricultural Development Programme of Abia State. Primary data were collected from 96 extension agents in Abia State, Nigeria who were selected using multi-stage random sampling technique. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, mean score, ordered logit and Spearman rank correlation. It was revealed that 58.3% o...

iii FOREWORD This report summarizes the results of a Collaborative Programme of a group of international development agencies – AfDB, FAO, IFAD, IWMI and the World Bank – to review the experience of agricultural water investment in sub-Saharan Africa to date and to identify the conditions for successful investment in sustainable, cost-effective agricultural water development. IWMI and the World...

This study examined the training needs of agricultural extension agents in Delta State, Nigeria. A sample of 102 respondents was drawn from extension agents in the States’ Agricultural Development Programme (ADP), Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources (MANR) and the FADAMA Programme. Data were collected in February 2017 by using a structured and validated questionnaire. Data generated w...

2.1. Summary of the Action and its Objectives The proposed Action presents a new approach to meeting the needs and objectives of the Agricultural and Rural Development (ARD) sector. The programme directly responds to the Afghan National Priority Programme 2 (NPP2), which supports Comprehensive Agriculture Production and Market Development, as well as to the Agriculture and Rural Development's o...

This study was conducted in Abia state, Nigeria with specific objectives to: describe socio economic characteristics of ADP and non-ADP contact farmers; estimate profitability level of the two farmer groups; compare profitability of cassava production among the two farmer groups; determine factors that influence profitability of ADP and non-ADP contact cassava farmers and identify problems cons...

BACKGROUND The Nutrition Embedded Evaluation Programme Impact Evaluation (NEEP-IE) study is a cluster randomised controlled trial designed to evaluate the impact of a childcare centre-based integrated nutritional and agricultural intervention on the diets, nutrition and development of young children in Malawi. The intervention includes activities to improve nutritious food production and traini...