@article{Idrisa_Ogunbameru_2018, title={A STUDY OF EXTENSION AGENTS PERFORMANCE UNDER THE UNIFIED AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE SYSTEM IN BORNO STATE NIGERIA}, volume={11}, url={https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/1640}, abstractNote={<p>The study assessed the performance of extension agents under the<em><br> Unified Agricultural Extension System (UAES) in Borno state. Structured<br> questionnaires were used to elicit relevant information from 40 extension<br> agents working under the U.A.E.S. in Borno State. The results showed<br> that majority of the respondents have received the necessary training to<br> enable them operate effectively under the U.A.E.S. The study also<br> revealed that majority of the respondents received logistic materials aimed<br> at enhancing technology delivery to farmers. Both the educational levels<br> of the respondents and logistic materials given to them have high and<br> positive correlation coefficients (r = 0.81 and 0.77, respectively) with their<br> ability to deliver technologies to farmers (P = 0.01 and 0.05). Both the<br> frequency of extension contacts with the farmers and the number of subsectors covered by extension training have positive and significant<br> correlation with the income of farmers, (P=0.05). Eighty percent of the<br> respondents rated the U.A.E.S. to have made favourable impact on their<br> job performance. Some of the problems in the implementation of U.A.E.S.<br> in Borno State included irregular release of appropriate research findings<br> in fisheries and agro-forestry sub-sectors as well as untimely provision of<br> their blue print or research protocol. It is recommended that research<br> findings in the non-crop sub-sectors be released early enough and<br> regularly while extension agents be giving the opportunities to go for the<br> fresher courses so as to abreast them of new development in agriculture.</em></p>}, number={01}, journal={Journal of Agricultural Extension}, author={Idrisa, Y.L. and Ogunbameru, B.O.}, year={2018}, month={Oct.}, pages={66–73} }