Extension officers being trained to provide better services to farmers

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha with officials from the agriculture sector at the orientation and training of extension officers

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday launched its new extension system programme under the theme “Delivering Extension Services in the New Dispensation.” The training exercise caters for approximately 250 agriculture extension officers from all ten administrative regions, in an effort to improve services to farmers across the country.

The training was organized following several visits and engagements with farmers who had expressed the need for improved access to extension services.