able to continue providing all the extension services
expected of them as a result of financial limitations. For
instance, Arokoyo (2003) asserted that the decentralization
of agricultural farm radio programmes in Nigeria
took place at the same time as the privatization of state
radio broadcasting stations. These stations then started
to charge commercial prices for radio broadcasting time
slots. Many of the decentralized farm radio programmes,
with much smaller budgets than those of the former
national programmes, could simply not afford those
prices. As a result, most Nigerian farm radio programmes
have been discontinued. Since the inception of this wind
of change, extension delivery has undergone various
permutations informed by the experiences on ground in
each country. It is in this circumstance that agricultural
extension is expected to provide farmers with necessary
education, skill and technical information to enable them
take effective farm management decision for accelerated
agricultural development. It is therefore important to know
the various coping strategies adopted by these
developing countries. We may also ask what effect has
this change on the agricultural policy of the said
countries? Who are the current facilitators of extension
activities in these countries? What role have the farmers
assumed in the planning, managing and implementing
extension activities? Who provide fund for extension
activities in African countries? This becomes essential to
address the issue of inadequate farmers’ involvement
and high cost of Training and Visit (T & V) Extension
System, which the national government in some of the
developing countries like Nigeria can no longer afford as
a result of the withdrawal of donor agencies, economic
liberalization and decentralization. As such, this paper
attempts to analyze the current trend and approaches to
agricultural extension delivery in Africa to meet the
interest and needs of the farmers as it has become
obvious that T & V Extension System no longer meet the
diverse interest and needs of farmers (Charles and
Williams, 2005).