Mandate Agricultural Extension and Training Division
The following are the mandates of the Division:
- Effectiveness of the public investment in agric research, training and extension
- Impact of globalization on Nigeria’s agric sector and rural communities
- Assessment and evaluation of the status of technologies generation, dissemination and adoption by Nigerian NARS
- Assessment of the vulnerability of rural household to climate change
- Inventry and assessment of indigenous knowledge system (IKS) for improving agric productivity
- Establishment and operation of agric research outreach centres, adopted villages, innovation
- Monitoring and evaluating the activities of relevant NARIs and FCAs
- Monitoring and evaluating the activities of relevant NARIs and FCAs
- innovation platforms and commodity consortia
- Strengthening of REFILS
- Agric research fairs
- And any other work assigned to the Division
The Units under this Agricultural Extension and Training Division;
- Agricultural Extension
- Training