Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 4
Written by Adelaida Cristina HONTUŞ, Cristiana TINDECHE

The study identified factors affecting extension graduates’ willingness to practice private extension service delivery in Oyo State, Nigeria. Using Taro Yamane sampling formula for finite population, extension graduates were selected from universities, public research institutes, state ministry of agriculture. The results of the factor analysis revealed that five factors affected the willingness of extension graduates to practice private extension service delivery. All the factors were isolated from twenty-eight variables with 69.5% contributions to the willingness of extension graduates to practice private extension service delivery in the study area. These include the institutional factor, extension personnel factor, economic factor, experience factor and association factor. The study concluded that institutional factor of the private extension system was the most important factor affecting extension graduates’ willingness to practice private extension service delivery. Therefore, a well legislated extension policy and institutional framework of operation should be developed by policy makers in order to facilitate a successful private extension practice.

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