AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

Subject:

Agricultural Science

Class:

SS 3

Term:

First Term / 1st Term

Week:

Week 3

Topic:

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

Previous Knowledge: The pupils have previous knowledge of

  Animal Nutrition (BALANCED RATION / DIET)  

that was taught in their previous lesson.

Behavioural  Objectives : At the end of the lesson, learners will be able to

• Say the meaning of Agriculture extension
• List the objectives of agricultural extension
• Highlight the principles of agricultural extension

Instructional Materials 

• Wall charts
• Online Resource
• Textbooks
• Laptop
• Crop samples
• Pictures that are related to the subject matter
• Flash cards
• www.edudelighttutors.com

Methods of Teaching 

• Role modelling
• Questions and Answers
• Explanation
• Discussion
• Recitation
• Imitation
• Story Telling
• Dramatization

WEEK THREE 

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

Agricultural extension is the process, system or service which assists farmers or farm people through educational procedures in improving farming methods and techniques. In other words, Agricultural extension is the process whereby the beneficial products of research are taken to the farmers and the problems of farmers taken to research institutions for solution.

Agricultural extension is an informal out-of-school voluntary agricultural educational program that involves the spread out dissemination of information on improvement in agriculture from researchers to farmers

OBJECTIVES OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

1. To educate farmers and enable them abandon less productive traditional ways of farming for improved and scientific farming techniques
2. To help improve the standard of living of the rural dwellers
3. To help identify proper marketing channel
4. To help farmers access and supervise agricultural loans
5. To link farmers with research institutes
6. To help accelerate the development of rural area

PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

1. Extension education should start where the people are
2. Gain confidence of your audience
3. Work together with or involve the farmers in creating a programme
4. Extension programmes should meet the need of the participant
5. Programmes must undergo continuous evaluation
6. Programmes should be flexible

Target groups of extension agents include and is not restricted to:Commercial farmers, Community development associations, Farmers’ cooperative societies, Fisher men, Bee keepers etc.

ROLES OR FUNCTIONS OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

1. It encourages farmers to increase their production of food crops, cash crops and livestock.
2. It teaches improved practices to farmers in the cultivation, rearing and processing of crops and livestock.
3. It helps to collect and collate basic information relating to rural programmes.
4. It acts as an intermediary between farmers and research institutes.
5. It helps to supervise the beneficiaries of agricultural loans.
6. It helps to change people attitude towards their problems.
7. It helps to raise the standard of living of the farmers
8. It helps to identify proper marketing channels for the farmers to sell their products.
9. It enable extension to give necessary assistance to foreign experts visiting states on invitation of government in order to carry out various feasibility studies in various fields of agriculture.
10. It assists in supervising and evaluating agricultural development programmes

Presentation : 

The topic is presented step by step

Step 1: The class teacher revises the old topic

Step 2: The class teacher introduces the new topic

Step 3: The class teacher allows the pupils to give their own contributions and gives room for pupils” participation

Class Teacher and Pupils Activities. Interaction or Participation 

This involves class teacher and pupils’ interaction, conversation, imitation or modeling through discussion, play method or just by recitation or asking and answering questions that are related to the topic that has just been taught.

EVALUATION 

1. State seven objectives of agricultural extension.(WASSCE: 2009 question 9b, 2005 question 10a).
2. List five principles of agricultural extension
3. Mention four roles or duties of agricultural extension workers

Conclusion : 

The class teacher concludes the lesson by giving the pupils some notes on the topic that has just been taught. He goes round to mark and he does the necessary corrections.