Assessment of the Job Performance of Extension Staff in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria
Keywords:
Assessment, Job Performance, Extension Staff.
Abstract
The study assessed the job performance of extension personnel as well as determined the relationships between selected personal characteristics and job performance variables of these extension workers in Akwa Ibom State Agricultural Development Programme (ADP). Data for the study were obtained from 90 respondents who were randomly selected. Percentages, mean scores, and correlation statistic were used in data analysis. The findings of the study indicate that the level of job performance for each of the EAs, BEAs and BESs was rated slightly above average. Level of formal education of EAs was positively and significantly associated with regular and timely field visits to farmers. The need to design policies aimed at improving the level of formal education of EAs was indicated.
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Benor, D., Baxter, M. 1984. Training and Visit Extension. The World Bank, Washington D.C.
Cole, G.A. 1993. Management: Theory and Practice, DP publications Ltd., London.
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Ekop, O.B. 2002. Policy for the development of remote rural areas of Akwa Ibom state: A study of Ibiono local government area, The Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology: 4(1): 59-64.
Ekumankama, O.O. 1997. Determination of the effectiveness of contact farmers in disseminating technologies in Abia state, Journal of Agricultural Extension, 1:66-73.
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Ezeano, C.I. 1996. Performance Indicators for Agricultural Officers in Enugu and Ebonyi States’ ADPs. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) 1997. Federal Republic of Nigeria (FGN) national position paper, In: Integrated Agricultural Production in Nigeria: Strategies and Mechanisms for Food Security, Shaib, B.,
Adedipe, N. O., Aliyu, A. and Jir, M. M. (Eds.), Pp. 11-74, Proceedings of the National Workshop on Nigeria’s Position at the World Food Summit.
Madukwe, M. C., Obibuaku, L. O. 1991. Effects of personal factors on the effectiveness of extension supervisors, The Nigerian Journal of Agricultural Extension, 6(1&2):34-39.
Morgan, J. E. 1982. Administrative and Supervisory Management (Second Edition), Prentice-Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs.
Obinne, C. P. O. 1991. Adoption of improved cassava production technologies by small scale farmers in Bendel State, Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 1(1):12-15.
Okarimia, S. U., Nwogu, I. E. 2000. Abia State ADP extension services report for 1999. In: Enyinna, T.(Ed.) Pp.82-91, Proceedings of the 14th Annual Farming Systems Research and Extension Workshop in South-Eastern Nigeria.
Okpongete, M. D. 2000. Akwa Ibom State ADP extension Services report for 1999. In: Enyinna, T.(Ed.), Pp 92-99, Proceedings of the 14th Annual Farming Systems Research and Extension Workshop in South-Eastern Nigeria.
Onyenweaku, C. E., Mbuba, A. C. 1991. The adoption of the seed-yam minisett multiplication technique by farmers in Anambra State, Nigeria, The Nigerian Journal of Agricultural Extension, 6(1&2):26-33.
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