input supply, marketing and even direct agricultural production
while decentralization is a means of transferring
selected public responsibilities to regional, state or local
level institutions by the national government. This implies
that technical programming, personal management and
budget appropriations for extension delivery can be
delegated to other stakeholders like farmers cooperatives,
private service providers, non governmental organizations,
public agencies and so on (Neuchattel Group,
1999). The main public actors in most of the African
countries are the National Agricultural Extension Services
while private actors such as input suppliers, purchasers
of agricultural products, private trainer-adviser, outreach
agencies and private media are now participating in
activities geared towards agricultural programme
(Neuchattel Group, 1999). This development is springing
up at a time when many developing countries are less