Business and Economics Journal

Department of Economics and commerce, Sierra Leone University, Sierra Leone

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• Review Article   
  The Role of Agricultural Extension Programs in the Development of the Agricultural Sector in Sierra Leone
  Author(s): Mohamed Ibrahim Justice Ganawah* and Alusine Kamara
  
  Sierra Leone, which has three-quarters of its 72 million hectares of land suitable for crop production on a sustainable basis and is being classed by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as Low-Income Food Deficit Country (LIFDC) has 57.9% of households engaged in agricultural activities to include crop farming, livestock, poultry, fishing, hunting and exploitation of forest products. A package of statistical tools for social scientists was used in data collection and analysis. The outcomes of these data when these statistical tools were employed reveal that all the most widely accepted extension services do impact positively agricultural output. Among the reported extension programs, general extension is the most paramount. This is due to the many small farm holders as almost all of them practice mixed cropping. The research also surfaced the challenges t.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2151-6219.21.12.347

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