Domeniter Naomi Kathula
Factors Impacting Agricultural Production and the Role of Agricultural Extension Services in Kenya
University of Africa
productivity agricultural also important spurring economic growth sectors farmers live remote rural areas make 75 worlds poor subsahara africa ssa productivity agriculture lags behind globally required standards achieving food security poverty goals food sufficiency important sector kenyan economy agriculture continues dominate sectors despite declining contribution real gdp development agriculture one revolutionizes industry bringing forth profitable agriculture environment friendly solutions kenya government ministry agriculture livestock past tried pass information farmers via agricultural extension officers however quality information disseminated farmers date information delivery good mode communication also questionable owing literacy levels farmers indeed extension officers information technology embraced fully making difficult farmers progress counterparts parts world study conducted aim determining factors impacting agricultural production role agricultural extension services kenya study anchored diffusion innovations theory study employed mixed design involving combination quantitative qualitative approach target population made farmers officers ministry agriculture officers agricultural extension service providers data gathered using structured questionnaire interview guides collected data analysed aid spss software using descriptive inferential statistics findings revealed coefficient determination r squared 0319 implying agricultural extension services explains 319 variation agricultural production kenya study also showed positive statistically significant relationship agricultural extension services agricultural production kenya 1561 p003lt05 study concludes agricultural extension services play significant role improving agricultural production kenya agricultural extension services offers technical advice agriculture farmers thus recommended agricultural extension service delivery boosted timely recruitment periodic training agents provision adequate logistics farmers keywords agricultural extension services agricultural factors agricultural production farmers kenya