A Comparison of Extension Methods Used by Different Agricultural Extension Service Providers in Nyandarua County, Kenya

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This Bachelor’s thesis was commissioned by The World Agroforesty Centre and it was written for one of its projects, The East Africa Dairy Development Project. The project aims at improving farmers’ dairy production, market access and generally increasing knowledge among farmers.
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\nFour objectives were chosen for this thesis: (1.) to obtain information about extension methods from farmers and extension providers to recommend the use of new extension methods or how to modify the three methods, (2.) to
\ncompare the effectiveness of three extension methods, (3.) to identify farmers’ innovations and describe how the innovations are disseminated among the farmers, and (4.) to recommend the most effective extension method to disseminate research findings and innovations to the farmers.
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\nThis research includes both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The main method to acquire data was two sets of questionnaires, one given to the farmers and the other one

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