Management of Extension and Advisory Services

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 sustain 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 situation;
• Assess clients’ needs necessary to enhance investment and performance; and
• Deliver extension and advisory services necessary for investment in ARD.

CONTENT

• Concepts of extension and advisory services.
• Application of management principles to extension and advisory service delivery.
• Participatory needs assessment.
• Planning of extension and advisory service delivery programme.
• Communication methods in extension and advisory service delivery.
• Managerial leadership styles.
• Gender considerations in agricultural extension and advisory services.
• Coordination of extension and advisory service programme.

FOR WHOM

Senior and top-level extension/advisory officers and managers in the Agricultural and Rural Development Programmes, Extension and service delivery outfits of private companies and Non-Governmental Organizations. Facilitators and service providers in Fadama III AF project, CSDP, CBARDP, NDDC etc.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.