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Management of Extension and Advisory Services
 
PREMISE: The effectiveness of extension service delivery system depends largely on the quality of extension and advisory service providers and facilitators. While the technical capability of these workers are not in doubt, the same can not be said about their managerial capability. There is, therefore, the need to equip them with the concepts and techniques required for effective management of extension and advisory services.

OBJECTIVES: This course aims at equipping extension personnel, service providers and facilitators with the fundamental techniques/skills to facilitate client capacity to generate service demand and to sustsin extension and advisory services. At the end of the course, participants should be able to:
 
  • determine the scope of extension and advisory services;
  • apply principles of management to their work situations;
  • assess clients' needs necessary to enhance investment and performance; and
  • package and deliver extension and advisory services necessary for investment in ARD.
    CONTENT:
  • Concept of extension and advisory services.
  • Application of management principles to extension and advisory services delivery.
  • Participatory needs assessment.
  • Planning of extension and advisory services delivery programme.
  • Communication methods in extension and advisory services delivery.
  • Managerial leadership styles.
  • Gender consideration in agricultural extension and advisory service.
  • Coordination of extension programmes.
  • Participatory monitoring and evaluation of extension and advisory service delivery.
TRAINING METHODS: Lecturettes, group/syndicate discussions, and case studies and exercises.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Senior and top-level extension / advisory officers and managers in the Agricultural Development Programmes, Extension and service delivery outfit of private companies and non-governmental organizations. Facilitators and Service Providers in Fadama III Project, CSDP, CBARDP, NDDC, etc
  DURATION: One Week DATE: August 16 - 20, 2010
  VENUE: Ilorin, Nigeria CHARGES: =N=23,000.00

 Updated 2010 Agricultural Rural Management Training Institute, Nigeria