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Short communication: It’s always agricultural extension, what about agribusiness extension?

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  • Apollo Uma

    (Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management, Egerton University, P.O Box 20115, Nakuru-Kenya)

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The underdevelopment of agriculture and rural communities of Africa has for long been attributed to inadequate extension service delivery. Thus, strengthening agricultural extension is a recommendation that still attracts significant attention in today’s interventions targeting agriculture and related sub-sectors. Africa has seen enormous failures in the adoption of agricultural technologies over time. Unfortunately, the same recommendation still exists. Agricultural extension in Africa is synonymous to good agronomic practices. This half-baked understanding can be attributed to the training received from higher institutions of learning. Consequently, adoption of improved agricultural technologies is still very limited among. This is because smallholder farmers sometimes don’t see the business sense in some of these technologies. Agricultural and agribusiness extension as a single combined program offered by higher institutions of learning in Africa can be the answer to challenges facing agricultural extension

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  • Apollo Uma, 2022. "Short communication: It’s always agricultural extension, what about agribusiness extension?," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 6(9), pages 459-460, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:6:y:2022:i:9:p:459-460
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