Abstract:
The agricultural extension system in Tanzania has faced many problems, of
which the key seems to be the poor institutional, administrative and organizational structure
of the extension services. Recently, the Tanzanian government, with the assistance of the
World Bank launched a major restructuring of the country's extension system including the
introduction of the training and visit (T and V) extension.
The T and V extension has some inherent weaknesses particularly if implemented without
any modification to the Tanzanian context, due to lack of resources and other complimentary
services. Recommendations are given to make the T and V system of extension more
effective under Tanzanian conditions.
