An Assessment Of The Performance Of Agricultral Extension Workers Among Small Holder Farmers

📄 Project Abstract

This study evaluates the role of Extension Agents in enhancing the performance of Farmers' Multipurpose Cooperatives Societies (FMCS). The small scale farmers are grappling with numerous problems which have adversely affected their performance. They joined FMCS in order to solve those problems. Meanwhile, they still face some of those problems. A total of 50 FMCS were selected which 100 members were selected. The officers were purposively selected while members were randomly selected. Simple statistical analyses were utilized in the analysis. The results are follows. Most of the cooperators are males, married and no educational background. They aged 25 - 50 years, family size of between 5 and 8, they are on fulltime basis and produce mostly crops. They had their income when they joined the cooperatives because they obtained loan used in expanding the business. They obtained information from fellow cooperatives. They were also taught new skills. The ordinary least square simple regressi...