Attitude of crop farmers towards public agricultural extension services: implication for extension programming in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorShausi, Gosbert Lukenku
dc.contributor.authorAhmad, Athman Kyaruzi
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-31T10:29:10Z
dc.date.available2023-03-31T10:29:10Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractOvertime, effectiveness of extension service has been the focus of many studies. However, most of these studies have paid more attention on the service itself neglecting the service users’ attitude about that service. It is envisaged that a positive attitude is a key requirement for service utilization. Therefore, this study assessed crop farmers’ attitudes towards agricultural extension services (AESs) in Mpwapwa and Mvomero districts. The study was conducted from December 2017 to February 2018 and used questionnaire and focus group discussions to collect data from 292 participants who were randomly selected. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency counts, mean, and percentages), and content analysis. The study found that although AESs were provided in the study area 40.1% of farmers were never visited by extension agents in a month before the study. It was further revealed that 73.5% of the respondents had a favourable attitude towards AESs that are provided in the study area. It was concluded that overall farmers have positive attitude towards public extension service although the service seems not to perform better in areas of marketing, value addition and access to loans and credits. The study recommends that efforts should be made to make sure that all farmers are visited by extension agents. Additionally, extension service should increase emphasis on linking farmers with markets, loans and credits, and capacity building on crop value addition.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2619- 8851
dc.identifier.issn2619-8894
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5146
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCollege of Social Sciences and Humanities, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Morogoro-Tanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectAttitudeen_US
dc.subjectAgricultural extension servicesen_US
dc.subjectCrop farmersen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectExtension programmingen_US
dc.titleAttitude of crop farmers towards public agricultural extension services: implication for extension programming in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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