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Training And Visit System In Nigeria Case Study
Training and visiting system is a unique approach bringing professional subject matter, specialists and farmers together to learn and facilitate farming operations to help farmers produce more. In agricultural extension education is designed for building a lined professional extension service that is capable of guiding the farmers in agricultural production and raising their income by providing meaningful plans for the development of their countries. This Training and Visit system was developed by World Bank Expert (Benor, D. & M. Baxter ., 1984).(Maunder, 1973) Stated that “The Training and Visit system in Agricultural Extension Education is designed for building a lined professional extension service that is capable of guiding the farmers in agricultural production and raising their …show more content…
The mechanism that was Prepared under commit redevelopment program was reorganized into training and harmony system. This particular system was not only introduced in India but like various others developing an underdeveloped. Basically this program was supported by World Bank, and it was introduced in India in 1974.
Training and Visiting system in Nigeria
Like most approaches to agricultural and rural development, the T & V system of extension has its limitations. Such limitations have been well documented by different agricultural and rural development scholars over the years. For instance, (Arokoyo, 1998)reported that although the T&V system recorded some remarkable levels of technology adoption for crops like maize and cassava in Nigeria.
Implementation of T and V approach
Nigeria as a country next to the equator with the high rainfall and the compressed biodiversity, agriculture is the most important in economic factor. The farmers have been doing the same traditional way of growing crops like maize and cassava, and due to the changes in weather, new ways to upgrade their farming practices is

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