Agriculture is important to the Nig

Agriculture is important to the Nigerian economy as it
engages 70% of the labour force and contributes over
40% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (FMARD,
2000). It provides food for the teeming population and
raw materials for industries. The sector is however faced
with mirage of problems which militate against optimizing
its potential. Some of the constraints include low
productivity, poor marketing and distribution
infrastructure, inadequate access to credit, weak
extension services and inadequate database among
others (FMARD, 2000). Extension implies informing,
teaching and advising farmers about new and improved
technologies and getting a feedback from them (farmers)
to research. This is with a view to helping the farmers
improve their productivity, earn more income and improve
their standard of living (Asumugha et al., 2009).
Therefore, agricultural extension brings about changes,