ANNUAL NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION REVIEW AND PLANNING MEETING, 19 TH – 23 TH NOVEMBER, 2012 LAKE CHAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE, MAIDUGURI, PROPOSALS FOR 2013 PRESENTED BY DR. D. A. ANOGIE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, EXTENSION (REFILS COORDINATOR, NORTH-EAST ZONE)

WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS ACTIVITYVENUE EXPECTED PARTICIPANTS REMARKS 1.Annual In-house Review LCRI, M/guri; IAR, NAERLS, ZARIA; NCRI, Badeggi; IAR&T, Ibadan. Other NARIs, ARCN, FDAE, ADPs, NGOs, Input & Credit agencies, Farmers’ groups. To be conducted February-June, Zonal REFILS workshop LCRI, M/guri; IAR, NAERLS, ZARIA; NCRI, Badeggi; IAR&T, Ibadan. As above 3. Zonal Technical Review Meeting LCRI, Maiduguri. ED of LCRI, PMs of ADPs in the Zone, FDAE Zonal Officer, EDs of other NARIs & REFILS Coordinator Conducted twice a year--- June/December, Zonal Steering Committee Meetings Rotational among the ADPs in the Zone. REFILS Coordinator, Directors of Technical & Extension Services of the ADPs, Rep. of FDAE Zonal Office, Team Leaders of MTRMs, Reps. Of other NARIs. Conducted four times a Year. 5. Joint Scientific Field Evaluation ---

TRAININGS ACTIVITYVENUE EXPECTED PARTICIPANTS REMARKS 1.Annual In-house Review LCRI, M/guri; IAR, NAERLS, ZARIA; NCRI, Badeggi; IAR&T, Ibadan. Other NARIs, ARCN, FDAE, ADPs, NGOs, Input & Credit agencies, Farmers’ groups. To be conducted February- June, Zonal REFILS workshop LCRI, M/guri; IAR, NAERLS, ZARIA; NCRI, Badeggi; IAR&T, Ibadan. As above 1.Zonal Technical Review Meeting LCRI, Maiduguri. ED of LCRI, PMs of ADPs in the Zone, FDAE Zonal Officer, EDs of other NARIs & REFILS Coordinator Conducted twice a year--- June/December, Zonal Steering Committee Meetings Rotational among the ADPs in the Zone. REFILS Coordinator, Directors of Technical & Extension Services of the ADPs, Rep. of FDAE Zonal Office, Team Leaders of MTRMs, Reps. Of other NARIs. Conducted four times a year. 5. Joint Scientific Field Evaluation ---

DIAGNOSTIC SURVEY TITLE ANNUAL TARGET LOCATIONCOLLABORATORSDATE 1.Agricultural performance survey: Wet-season Performance Survey Dry-season Performance Survey. 2. General Diagnostic Survey: Characterization of Fadama areas for production of wheat in the North- East zone of Nigeria The five Agro- ecological Zones in the country. Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe and Yobe States Resource persons from NAERLs ZC NARIs, FMARD, NPAFS and ADPs. ADPs FDAE, Zonal NAERLS, UNIMAID. August/Sept.2013 Feb./March 2013 April, 2013

MEDIA BULLETIN TITLE ANNUAL TARGET TARGETLANGUAGECOLLABORATORS 1.Value Added Products from Wheat. 300 copiesFarmers/general publicEnglishNAERLS & UNIMAID 2.Revised Extension Guides on Millet, Wheat and Barley Production 1,000 copies each Farmers, Extension agents EnglishNAERLS LCRI Annual Report.500 copies Research Institutes, Agric Organizations English- 4. Production of 2013 In- house Review proceedings of LCRI. 500 copies NARIs, Min. of Agric, NGOs & individuals EnglishNAERLS 5. LCRI Newsletter500 copiesNARIs, other Govt. Agencies, NGOs English-

MEDIA CONTD’ RADIO TITLE/TOPICSEPISODESLANGUAGE BROADCASTING STATION COLLABORATORS 1.Farmer’s Programme (Filin Manoma)-1 ST Quarter 13Hausa FRCN (Peace FM) M/guri. NAERLS/Borno ADP 2.Farmer’s Programme (Faraskeram Barewuye) 2 nd Quarter 13KanuriBRTV M/guriNAERLS/Borno ADP 3. Farmer’s Programme (Filin Manoma) -3 rd quarter. 13Hausa Radio Gotel, Yola NAERLS Adamawa. ADP 4.Farmer’s Programme (Faraskeram Barewuye) 4 th Quarter 13KanuriYBC, Damaturu NAERLS and Yobe ADP 5.Radio documentary on Millet Production (one hour) 1KanuriFRCN (Peace FM) M/guri. Farmers

MEDIA CONTD’ TELEVISION TITLE/TOPICSEPISODESLANGUAGE BROADCASTING STATION COLLABORATORS 1.Tuwon Zuma 1 ST Quarter13HausaNTA, BauchiNAERLS/Borno ADP 1.Barewunde 2 nd Quarter13KanuriBRTV, MaiduguriNAERLS/Borno ADP 1.Tuwon Zuma 3 rd quarter.13Hausa NTA, Gombe NAERLS/Gombe ADP 1.Barewunde 4 th Quarter13KanuriNTA, Damaturu NAERLS and Yobe ADP 1.Documentary on Wheat Production (One Hour) 1KanuriNTA Maiduguri.NAERLS and Borno ADP

ADOPTED VILLAGES LOCATIONACTIVITIES/TECHNOLOGIES TO BE PROMOTED 1 ST QUARTER 2 ND QUARTER 3 RD QUARTER 4 TH QUARTER Dalori/Baram Karauwa  Demonstration of Technology Package for Millet, Cowpea, Sorghum & Groundnut Production. YES Dalori/Baram Karauwa  Demonstration Of Technology Package for Production Of Dry Season Vegetables Hot Pepper, Sweet Pepper, Tomatoes, & Carrot YES Dalori/Baram Karauwa  Pre-Season Training Of AROC Farmers YES Dalori/Baram Karauwa  Training On Value Addition to Millet, Cowpea & other Popular Crops In North-East Zone YES Dalori/Baram Karauwa  Linking Farmers’ Groups with Credit Institutions and Input Agencies. YES

ADAPTIVE RESEARCH (OSR, OFR) TITLEOBJECTIVECOLLABORATORSLOCATION 1.Effect of soybean cultivar and plant arrangement on the productivity of sorghum/soybean mixture To assess the productivity of sorghum/soybean mixture and the effect of plant arrangement on the performance of the component crops All the ADPs and Universities in the N/E Zone Yo la, Bauchi, Biu, Gombe and Potiskum. 2.On-farm evaluation Millet/Sesame intercrop as affected by seed rate and Sesame variety in the North east zone of Nigeria T o determine the best Sesame variety and optimum seed rate for millet/sesame productivity. As above Guyuk, Ningi, Maiduguri, Bajoga andGadaka. 3. On-farm evaluation of early maturing tomato genotypes under irrigation condition. To evaluate the performance of improved tomato genotypes for high yield and adaptability in comparison with a local check. As above N gala(Borno), Bauchi, Yola, Potiskum and Gombe 4 On-farm testing of early maturing maize variety in the North east zone of Nigeria. T o evaluate some maize varieties for high yield, earliness and adaptability in comparison with a local check As aboveNuman, Bauchi, Biu, Gombe and Potiskum.

ADAPTIVE RESEARCH CONTD’ 5. On-Farm Research – Community Nursery To Produce seedlings in farmers domain A ll the ADPs in the Zone Borno, Gombe, Bauchi, Adamawa and Yobe

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