The Practices in the Management of Farmers' Training Centers in Abichu Gnaa Woreda, North Shoa Zone, Oro Mia Region
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2011-03
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Addis Ababa University
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The study aimed at assessing the practices in the managemen£ of farmers'
training centers in Abichu Gnaa woreda, North Shoa zone, Oromia region. In the
study a descriptive survey method was used. Seven (36.84 percent) farmers'
training cente rs were selected by random sampling m e thod. From the seven (7)
farmers training centers 43 (42 d evelopment agents and one supervisor) or 38
males and 5 females', 14 agricultural experts (12 male and 2 f e male) both
re spondents were selected by availability sample technique. In addition, 35 male
trainees and 6 female trainees were included using s imple random sampling
technique to supplement the data gained from the practitioners. Questionnaires,
interviews and observation w e re used to gather data and enrich the study. Da ta
analysis was made by using perce ntile, m e an, standard deviation and chisquare.
The findings revealed hindrances related to trainees, trainers and the
managerial practices of farmers training centers. The respondents, none the less,
listed a number of constraints like the inadequacy of resource (finance, human
and materials) in the centers were far be low what they should be, that is, lack of
adequate budget allocation, inadequate training m aterials, lack of community
awareness, absence of income g e n e ration from the land they owned, lack of
training way of adult teaching (andragogy), la ck of s equence of modules content,
la ck of knowledge and skill in planning, organizing, implementation and
evaluation were some of the hindrances revealed in the study. Thus, these
problems made farme rs training centers to be incapable of mee ting the ir purposes
and the inte re s ts of disadvantage adults' and youths. The refore, it was
re commen d ed that the Oromia agricultural Bureau, zone and woreda agriculture
office and w oreda administration have to make maximum possible efforts to
mobilize all resources and agricultural institutions unde r them to reverse the
cu rrent situation of farmers training centers.
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