Wambura, Raphael Munanka2026-04-162026-04-161988https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/20.500.14820/7482DissertationThe agricultural extension system in Tanzania has come under criticism as being ineffective, in stimulating increased agricultural production. Such criticism has partly focused on the performance of extension workers in rural areas. This study, therefore, sought to determine the availability of suitable Innovations to the farmer and to assess the extent of transfer and utilization of. such innovations in villages. The specific objectives of the study were to: take inventory of agricultural extension innovations available to the extension service; investigate the extent of transfer and utilization of agricultural innovations; identify factors contributing to success or failure in the transfer and utilization of agricultural innovations; and recommend guidelines which will facilitate effective transfer and utilization of agricultural innovations. Data were mainly collected from 23 field extension workers and 160 farmers by use of questionnaires. Other data were obtained through directed discussions of the researcher with 15 selected extension officers and village leaders. Notes in diary form from researcher’s observations were also used. Data from each source were examined. Numerical data were summarized in tables by using descriptive statistics of percentages. The study found out and concluded that agricultural innovations are generally available in forms that vary in terms of the degree to which they can be helpful to the field extension worker and the farmer. those that appeared There were in simplified packages that could be easily utilized by extension workers and farmers, on one hand, and those that were complex and therefore not easily understood. The extent of transfer and utilization of agricultural innovations was found to vary from crop to crop. Some of the constraints to the transfer of such innovations are of extension nature while others are clearly beyond the scope of responsibilities of the extension service. Finally, the study recommended that: efforts be made to refine agricultural innovations; every extension worker should attend, on regular basis, refresher courses and other professional programmes; and there is need to implement the national agricultural policy (1983) on transport for extension workers.enAgricultural extension innovationsAgricultural extension systemThesis