Authors : O.O. Ekumankama and G.C. Onuekwusi
Abstract: The study compared the constraints to effective extension services of Agricultural Development Programmes (ADPs) in Abia and Akwa Ibom States. Data were collected from 20 Block Extension Supervisors (BESs) and 60 Extension Agents (EAs). Lack of adequate mobility for both EAs and BESs were ranked as the first and second major problems limiting effective extension services of ADPs by EAs in Abia and Akwa Ibom State ADPs. However, these problems were more pressing in Akwa Ibom State ADP compared with Abia State ADP. Inadequate in-service training courses for EAs and BESs were also ranked as the second major problem by EAs in Akwa Ibom State ADP. Lack of appropriate mobility for both BESs and EAs as well as inadequate number of EAs were the first three major problems constraining effective extension services of Abia State ADP respectively as ranked by BESs in Abia State ADP. In comparison, the first three major problems hindering effective extension services as ranked by BESs in Akwa Ibom State ADP were lack of appropriate mobility for EAs, lack of appropriate mobility for BESs and disrupted and delayed payment of salaries to EAs and BESs respectively. Inadequate field allowances to EAs and BESs was also ranked as third major problem by BESs in Akwa Ibom state ADP.
O.O. Ekumankama and G.C. Onuekwusi , 2008. Comparative Analysis of the Constraints to Effective Extension Services in Abia and Akwa Ibom States . Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 5: 70-75.