Theory question 110
Agricultural Extension(a)(i) What is agricultural extension? (ii) State five demerits of cooperative soceities.
(b)(i) Discuss three effects of rural-urban migration on agriculture. (ii) Suggest three ways by which the problems of rural-urban migration could be solved.
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(a)(i) Agricultural extension is the service that educates farmers and carries improved farming practices and research findings to them, and their problems back to researchers.
(ii) Any five: mismanagement and embezzlement of funds; poor leadership; illiteracy of members; lack of capital; disloyalty and lack of commitment of members; government interference; late repayment of loans; quarrels among members.
(b)(i) Any three discussed: shortage and high cost of farm labour; farming left to old people, so production falls; food shortage and higher food prices; abandoned farms and slow adoption of new ideas.
(ii) Any three: provide rural amenities (roads, water, electricity, health centres); give credit and inputs to young farmers; mechanise farming to make it attractive; establish agro-industries in rural areas; youth farm schemes and better prices for produce.
Discuss effects on farming, not on cities.