National extension policy and state-level implementation: The case of Cross River State, Nigeria

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Marketsen_US
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten_US
cg.coverage.countryNigeriaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NGen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSub-saharan Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierAdebayo Ogunniyi: 0000-0001-9537-9743en_US
cg.creator.identifierSuresh Chandra Babu: 0000-0002-8706-2516en_US
cg.creator.identifierBedru B. Balana: 0000-0002-7344-5743en_US
cg.creator.identifierKwaw Andam: 0000-0002-4138-1693en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133811en_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Director General's Officeen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Divisionen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Nigeria Strategy Support Programen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Feed the Futureen_US
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden_US
cg.number1951en_US
cg.placeWashington, DCen_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
dc.contributor.authorOgunniyi, Adebayoen_US
dc.contributor.authorBabu, Suresh Chandraen_US
dc.contributor.authorBalana, Bedruen_US
dc.contributor.authorAndam, Kwaw S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T12:14:54Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-05-22T12:14:54Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143533en_US
dc.titleNational extension policy and state-level implementation: The case of Cross River State, Nigeriaen_US
dcterms.abstractAgricultural extension plays a number of important roles in the growth and transformation of the agricultural sector, including improving agricultural productivity and food security and reducing hunger and malnutrition. Extension programs and interventions that will achieve significant impacts in terms of behavior and practice changes, as well as agricultural productivity increase, will succeed as a result of suitable policy formulation and an effective implementation process. Ultimately, agricultural extension reform requires policy vision and determination and a state-level strategy that can be implemented. This paper documents issues, challenges, constraints, and potential solutions and opportunities in implementing the national extension policy (NEP) at the state level in Nigeria, using Cross River State as a case study. We use both quantitative and qualitative methods, in the form of descriptive statistical analysis and an inclusive consultative process with a focus on the multistakeholder participatory model, respectively. The descriptive results show that, generally, there is low access to agricultural extension service across commodities and their respective values chains in Cross River State. We also document interesting insights from the multistakeholder consultative process. We find that collaboration and partnership between private and public extension service providers is key to developing a sustainable extension, advisory, and support service in Cross River State. We also found that coordination and standardization of the activities of the extension service providers is a way to avoid pollution of the agricultural innovation system in the state. Funding of extension services is another important factor affecting the effective implementation of the NEP. We therefore suggest that agricultural extension services can be funded through decentralization, involvement of farmers’ associations and nongovernmental organizations, contracting out of extension services, public-private partnerships, privatization, and embedding advisory services in other types of contracts. The results of this study further validate our approach of using multistakeholder engagement at the state level as an effective and insightful method of implementing the NEP at the state level.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationOgunniyi, Adebayo; Babu, Suresh Chandra; Balana, Bedru; and Andam, Kwaw S. 2020. National extension policy and state-level implementation: The case of Cross River State, Nigeria. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1951. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133811.en_US
dcterms.extent43 p.en_US
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen_US
dcterms.issued2020-05-01en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/142546en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133734en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133615en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133780en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143837en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3221/2019/v47n1a485en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s40008-020-0190-yen_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/133811en_US
dcterms.subjectextension programmesen_US
dcterms.subjectimplementationen_US
dcterms.subjectextension policiesen_US
dcterms.subjectcapacity developmenten_US
dcterms.subjectmulti-stakeholder processesen_US
dcterms.subjectdecentralizationen_US
dcterms.subjectqualitative analysisen_US
dcterms.subjectfederalismen_US
dcterms.subjectquantitative analysisen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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