A Comparative Study Of Management Effectiveness Under The Training And Visit And General Extension Systems In Ghana

One of the most effective means of transforming Africa’s potential agricultural resources into sustained agricultural development is through an effective extension system. Improved agricultural extension management system is recognized “as a central mechanism to achieving increased food production through technology transfer” (Food and Agriculture Organization, 1990, p. 45). African governments and international aid agencies have promoted and supported new extension approaches to help small-scale farmers increase food production. The Training and Visit (T&V) system has been the latest extension method to be promoted. T&V seeks to replace the general (or traditional) extension system which has been in use in many developing countries since independence.