Farm Management, Rural Sociology and Agricultural Extension

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. Apply extension strategies to adopt technologies on Nigerian small rural farms from the understanding of rural sociology; 2. Apply appropriate financial system to account for farm activities with a view to practicing profitable agriculture; and 3. Take decisions appropriate to a farm establishment on staffing and machinery inputs.

Management decision making. Functions of management planning, organisation, staffing, directing and controlling. Financial management. Principles of extension: diffusion, adoption and rejection of innovations. Communication and leadership in agricultural extension.