Extension Educational Needs Assessment of Women Farmers in South-South Nigeria
DR. H. M. NDIFON; I. V. PATRICK; MR. FRIDAY O. IDIKU

Abstract
This paper highlights extension educational needs of women farmers in south-south Nigeria. It is argued that women are responsible for generating food security for their families in developing countries. Thus, women farmers, there is need to devise educational strategy to enhance their contribution to agriculture and rural development. With a multi-stage sampling technique, a total of 300 women farmers were selected for the surveywhich primary data were obtained through questionnaires. Descriptive statistics such as simple frequencies and percentages were used to analyzed the results. Recommendations were made that women farmers should be taken seriously as their men counterparts, extension should focus more attention on women and multiple format be adopted to present extension educational materials to women farmers.

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