INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & TRAINING OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY MOOR PLANTATION, IBADAN ( ) 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 Across the 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

RESEARCH AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

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Table 2: Information on New Technologies and OFAR Trials.

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Table 3: Newly Released Technologies

Table 4: Attributes of Recently Released Technologies

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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

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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

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