ABSTRACT
Public and private extension providers have been assisting farmers in Liberia
but there has been no study done on services they deliver to cassava farmers.
The purpose of the study therefore was to investigate the delivery system of
public and private extension services on cassava farmers. The study used
quantitative survey in which 318 proportionately randomly sampled cassava
farmers in the Sanniquellie and Saclepea Mahn Districts were interviewed
using an interview schedule.. The study revealed that the farmers were
characterized by male dominance, large household sizes and married famers
who have low level of education but vast cassava farming experiences.
Majority (88.6%) of the cassava famers under public and private extension
services were in their active working ages. Major sources of agricultural
information were neighbouring farmers (88.4%), radio (86.8%) and other
farmers outside their neighbourhood (71.4%). Nearly every farmer obtains
their planting materials from their own saving (95.3%), relatives (94.0%) and
other cassava producers (69.1%). Farmers receiving public and private
extension regarded their involvement in extension services as very low,
though public extension farmers were significantly more involved than the
private. The level of adoption of improved cassava technologies by both
public and private extension farmers was low. The perceived impact of
extension services on farmers was regarded as low, but public extension was
perceived to have a significantly higher impact on cassava farmers than
private extension.
LAH, M (2021). Public And Private Extension Services Delivery To Cassava Farmers In Sanniquellie And Saclepea Mahn Districts In Nimba County, Liberia. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/public-and-private-extension-services-delivery-to-cassava-farmers-in-sanniquellie-and-saclepea-mahn-districts-in-nimba-county-liberia
LAH, MERCY "Public And Private Extension Services Delivery To Cassava Farmers In Sanniquellie And Saclepea Mahn Districts In Nimba County, Liberia" Afribary. Afribary, 06 Apr. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/public-and-private-extension-services-delivery-to-cassava-farmers-in-sanniquellie-and-saclepea-mahn-districts-in-nimba-county-liberia. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
LAH, MERCY . "Public And Private Extension Services Delivery To Cassava Farmers In Sanniquellie And Saclepea Mahn Districts In Nimba County, Liberia". Afribary, Afribary, 06 Apr. 2021. Web. 22 Nov. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/public-and-private-extension-services-delivery-to-cassava-farmers-in-sanniquellie-and-saclepea-mahn-districts-in-nimba-county-liberia >.
LAH, MERCY . "Public And Private Extension Services Delivery To Cassava Farmers In Sanniquellie And Saclepea Mahn Districts In Nimba County, Liberia" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 22, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/public-and-private-extension-services-delivery-to-cassava-farmers-in-sanniquellie-and-saclepea-mahn-districts-in-nimba-county-liberia