By Osuagwu, Cornelius Nwokocha
ABSTRACT
The study assessed the t r a i n i n g component of
the Training and V i s i t system i n Imo s t a t e
Agricultural Development Project, The purpose was
t o examine the knowledge delivery techniques used
and the a v a i l a b i l i t y of i n s t r u c t ~ o n a l aids. It
also determined the relevance of t h e t r a i n i n g and
i d e n t i f i e d the problems confronting the programme,
The study covered the six a g r i c u l t u r a l Zones
i n Imo s t a t e and made use of a l l the 20 subject
matter s p e c i a l i s t s that attend the Monthly Technology
Review Meeting. It also used q5O Extension
staff from three Zones of the S t a t e who a t t e n d t h e
fortnightly training,
4 validated questionnaire as we31 as p a r t i c i p a n t
observation by the researcher were u t i l i z e d i n
c o l l e c t i n g d a t a f o r the study. S t a t i s t i c a l techniques
such as percentages, mean scores, rank orders as
well as t - t e s t were used t o analyse data,
The major findings of the sku0 are t h a t s i x
knowledge delivery techniques namely: Lecture,
p r a c t i c a l o r i e n t a t i o n , samples and Examples, Trainee