Name;Gwatana Faith Kulana
Matric No.:24CP1100
Depart.:Crop production
Level:200lvl
Course:AGR 202
Lectures Name:Dr.Ahmed Tijani Abdulhamin
Assignment Question:Summarise Agricultural Extension nd Rural-sociology
ANSWER
Agricultural Extension is about sharing scientific findings and technology know-how with farmers to enable them capture a greater share of the value chain.Extention is a professional communication being given to farmers to induce change into them and helping them have a higher perspective about improved agricultural practices,it is a learning programme that help to teach farmers and their families to adopt,accepts and adapt to improved practices of agriculture.This programme is designed to change the farmer's way of thinking,habits and attitude,which helps the farmer to become receptive to change leading to high productive farming and improved standard of living.
Agricultural extension has some principles that guides the extension worker on how to run extension activities.These principles has helped alot in making it easy for an extension worker to be able to convince the farmers,persuade them with wisdom and also making the subjects covered in the extension education more easier for the farmers to assimilate.
There are also agricultural extension teaching methods being used by the extension workers,this methods are being classified into three(3) categories,which are:
1:According to the source of the message
2:According to the number of people and,
3:According to the forms of the message.
From the second categories(According to the number of people),three methods is being outlined under it,which are:
i:Individual contact method
ii:Group contact method and,
iii:Mass media.
The Individual Contact Method is the method that all extension workers are advised to make use of mostly because this method enables the farmer who has not been finding it easy to Express his or her self well when in the midst of his or her fellow farmers, now will be able to Express himself more when in one on one with the agent or extension worker, the method also help the extension worker to be able to persuade individual farmers on the need to change.This method can be achieved through:
1:Home visit
2:Farm visit
3:Telephone calls
4:Letters
5:Office visits,e.t.c.
The Group Contact Method is a way of gathering together some members of the community at a time teaching and educating and persuading them on the usefulness of agricultural extension.This method is quite useful when considering the ratio of agent to farming families.This method can be achieved through the following:
1:Excursion
2:Group meeting
3:Exhibition,e.t.c.
The Mass Media Method is a method that those not require the farmers to have face to face discussions with their teacher(extension worker or agent).It's creates interest and awareness to a large number of farmers.
This method is achieved through:
1:The television
2:Radio
3:Newspaper
4:Cinema
5:Magazines,e.t.c.
There are Audio-Visual Aids in agricultural extension which serve as a device to agricultural agents use in supplementing teaching and learning process in order to make the teachings more understood by the farmers
There are three types of audio-visual aids.These are;
1:Audio aids
2:Visual aids and,
3:Audio-visual aids.
The Audio Aids are the devices that appeal to sense of hearing only.Examples are;record player,radio,cassettes,e.t.c.
The Visual Aids are the devices used in expediting the learning of a concept through seeing only.Examples are;photographs,chalk boards,chats models,e.t.c.
The Audio-visual Aids are the devices that facilitate the learning of a particular concept though both hearing and seeing.Examples are;cinema films television,e.t.c.
This method helps to promotes retention and application of information,helps to make lesson interesting and effective,it also help to save time,etc.
RURAL-SOCIOLOGY
This is the study of the interaction between the individuals and the group to which they belong in a socio system.
It is being noted that according to 1963 Nigeria census,the official designation of rural is a 20,000 population. It was also indicated that any place found with;
1:poor basic amenities
2:poor standard of living
3:low level of literacy
4:population density(20,000)
5:The level of heterogeneity,e.t.c, is being considered to be a RURAL.
Matric No.:24CP1100
Depart.:Crop production
Level:200lvl
Course:AGR 202
Lectures Name:Dr.Ahmed Tijani Abdulhamin
Assignment Question:Summarise Agricultural Extension nd Rural-sociology
ANSWER
Agricultural Extension is about sharing scientific findings and technology know-how with farmers to enable them capture a greater share of the value chain.Extention is a professional communication being given to farmers to induce change into them and helping them have a higher perspective about improved agricultural practices,it is a learning programme that help to teach farmers and their families to adopt,accepts and adapt to improved practices of agriculture.This programme is designed to change the farmer's way of thinking,habits and attitude,which helps the farmer to become receptive to change leading to high productive farming and improved standard of living.
Agricultural extension has some principles that guides the extension worker on how to run extension activities.These principles has helped alot in making it easy for an extension worker to be able to convince the farmers,persuade them with wisdom and also making the subjects covered in the extension education more easier for the farmers to assimilate.
There are also agricultural extension teaching methods being used by the extension workers,this methods are being classified into three(3) categories,which are:
1:According to the source of the message
2:According to the number of people and,
3:According to the forms of the message.
From the second categories(According to the number of people),three methods is being outlined under it,which are:
i:Individual contact method
ii:Group contact method and,
iii:Mass media.
The Individual Contact Method is the method that all extension workers are advised to make use of mostly because this method enables the farmer who has not been finding it easy to Express his or her self well when in the midst of his or her fellow farmers, now will be able to Express himself more when in one on one with the agent or extension worker, the method also help the extension worker to be able to persuade individual farmers on the need to change.This method can be achieved through:
1:Home visit
2:Farm visit
3:Telephone calls
4:Letters
5:Office visits,e.t.c.
The Group Contact Method is a way of gathering together some members of the community at a time teaching and educating and persuading them on the usefulness of agricultural extension.This method is quite useful when considering the ratio of agent to farming families.This method can be achieved through the following:
1:Excursion
2:Group meeting
3:Exhibition,e.t.c.
The Mass Media Method is a method that those not require the farmers to have face to face discussions with their teacher(extension worker or agent).It's creates interest and awareness to a large number of farmers.
This method is achieved through:
1:The television
2:Radio
3:Newspaper
4:Cinema
5:Magazines,e.t.c.
There are Audio-Visual Aids in agricultural extension which serve as a device to agricultural agents use in supplementing teaching and learning process in order to make the teachings more understood by the farmers
There are three types of audio-visual aids.These are;
1:Audio aids
2:Visual aids and,
3:Audio-visual aids.
The Audio Aids are the devices that appeal to sense of hearing only.Examples are;record player,radio,cassettes,e.t.c.
The Visual Aids are the devices used in expediting the learning of a concept through seeing only.Examples are;photographs,chalk boards,chats models,e.t.c.
The Audio-visual Aids are the devices that facilitate the learning of a particular concept though both hearing and seeing.Examples are;cinema films television,e.t.c.
This method helps to promotes retention and application of information,helps to make lesson interesting and effective,it also help to save time,etc.
RURAL-SOCIOLOGY
This is the study of the interaction between the individuals and the group to which they belong in a socio system.
It is being noted that according to 1963 Nigeria census,the official designation of rural is a 20,000 population. It was also indicated that any place found with;
1:poor basic amenities
2:poor standard of living
3:low level of literacy
4:population density(20,000)
5:The level of heterogeneity,e.t.c, is being considered to be a RURAL.
Name;Gwatana Faith Kulana
Matric No.:24CP1100
Depart.:Crop production
Level:200lvl
Course:AGR 202
Lectures Name:Dr.Ahmed Tijani Abdulhamin
Assignment Question:Summarise Agricultural Extension nd Rural-sociology
ANSWER
Agricultural Extension is about sharing scientific findings and technology know-how with farmers to enable them capture a greater share of the value chain.Extention is a professional communication being given to farmers to induce change into them and helping them have a higher perspective about improved agricultural practices,it is a learning programme that help to teach farmers and their families to adopt,accepts and adapt to improved practices of agriculture.This programme is designed to change the farmer's way of thinking,habits and attitude,which helps the farmer to become receptive to change leading to high productive farming and improved standard of living.
Agricultural extension has some principles that guides the extension worker on how to run extension activities.These principles has helped alot in making it easy for an extension worker to be able to convince the farmers,persuade them with wisdom and also making the subjects covered in the extension education more easier for the farmers to assimilate.
There are also agricultural extension teaching methods being used by the extension workers,this methods are being classified into three(3) categories,which are:
1:According to the source of the message
2:According to the number of people and,
3:According to the forms of the message.
From the second categories(According to the number of people),three methods is being outlined under it,which are:
i:Individual contact method
ii:Group contact method and,
iii:Mass media.
The Individual Contact Method is the method that all extension workers are advised to make use of mostly because this method enables the farmer who has not been finding it easy to Express his or her self well when in the midst of his or her fellow farmers, now will be able to Express himself more when in one on one with the agent or extension worker, the method also help the extension worker to be able to persuade individual farmers on the need to change.This method can be achieved through:
1:Home visit
2:Farm visit
3:Telephone calls
4:Letters
5:Office visits,e.t.c.
The Group Contact Method is a way of gathering together some members of the community at a time teaching and educating and persuading them on the usefulness of agricultural extension.This method is quite useful when considering the ratio of agent to farming families.This method can be achieved through the following:
1:Excursion
2:Group meeting
3:Exhibition,e.t.c.
The Mass Media Method is a method that those not require the farmers to have face to face discussions with their teacher(extension worker or agent).It's creates interest and awareness to a large number of farmers.
This method is achieved through:
1:The television
2:Radio
3:Newspaper
4:Cinema
5:Magazines,e.t.c.
There are Audio-Visual Aids in agricultural extension which serve as a device to agricultural agents use in supplementing teaching and learning process in order to make the teachings more understood by the farmers
There are three types of audio-visual aids.These are;
1:Audio aids
2:Visual aids and,
3:Audio-visual aids.
The Audio Aids are the devices that appeal to sense of hearing only.Examples are;record player,radio,cassettes,e.t.c.
The Visual Aids are the devices used in expediting the learning of a concept through seeing only.Examples are;photographs,chalk boards,chats models,e.t.c.
The Audio-visual Aids are the devices that facilitate the learning of a particular concept though both hearing and seeing.Examples are;cinema films television,e.t.c.
This method helps to promotes retention and application of information,helps to make lesson interesting and effective,it also help to save time,etc.
RURAL-SOCIOLOGY
This is the study of the interaction between the individuals and the group to which they belong in a socio system.
It is being noted that according to 1963 Nigeria census,the official designation of rural is a 20,000 population. It was also indicated that any place found with;
1:poor basic amenities
2:poor standard of living
3:low level of literacy
4:population density(20,000)
5:The level of heterogeneity,e.t.c, is being considered to be a RURAL.
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