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INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & TRAINING OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY MOOR PLANTATION, IBADAN ( www.iart-ngonline.org ). EXTENSION PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (2012) OLUWATOSIN G. A. Head, S.W.F.S.R.&E.P. I. A. R. & T. National Mandates Soil and Water Management Research
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INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & TRAININGOBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITYMOOR PLANTATION, IBADAN(www.iart-ngonline.org ) EXTENSION PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (2012) OLUWATOSIN G. A. Head, S.W.F.S.R.&E.P. I. A. R. & T.
National Mandates Soil and Water Management Research Genetic Improvement of Fibre Crops (Kenaf &Jute) Joint/Zonal Mandates Genetic Improvement of maize, grain legumes Trypano-tolerant Livestock Improvement REFILS Coordination in Southwest Zone.
Location Head Office: Moor Plantation, Ibadan. Outstations Acrossthe broad agroecologies: Ile-Ife, Orin-Ekiti, Ikenne, Ilora, Kishi and Ballah. Experimental Sites Amakama, Umuahia (Abia State), Mokwa (Niger State), and Eruwa (Oyo State) Adopted Villages. NARP Era: Moloko-Ashipa (Ogun State: Forest a), Oniyo (Oyo State) AROC: Orisumbare(Oluyole L. G.) and Apete (Ido L. G.) Adopted School: United Christian Secondary School, Omi Adio. United Secondary School, Ijokodo
Weekly Radio Programme Agbe Asejere on Premier F. M. at 6:15 p.m. 42 editions aired so far in the year. Topics Treated on Radio Programmes • Pest and Disease Management in Sheep and Goat Production • Dry Season Maize Production using stem borer resistant varieties. • Spraying techniques in cowpea production. • Soy Iru Processing. • Essential cultural practices for good harvest in crops farming. • Cowpea harvesting and preservation techniques • Maize harvesting and preservation techniques. • Management of egg drop syndrome in poultry layer enterprise • Soybean harvesting and preservation technique
Challenges & Constraints • Funding: Inadequate and Untimely Release • Paucity of fund in the ADPs which affected conduct of MTRMs, Diagnostic Surveys, Training Workshops and other REFILS Activities • Serious skill-gap among the present crop of ADP technical and extension staff. • Poor access to Vehicle