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Level of access to agricultural extension and advisory services by emerging livestock farmers in Uthungulu District Municipality, Kwa Zulu Natal Province

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dc.contributor.advisor Masafu, Mary Moise
dc.contributor.advisor Maake, Matome M. S.
dc.contributor.author Nkosi, Norah Zanele
dc.date.accessioned 2017-07-28T12:25:59Z
dc.date.available 2017-07-28T12:25:59Z
dc.date.issued 2017-02
dc.date.submitted 2017-07
dc.identifier.citation Nkosi, Norah Zanele (2017) Level of access to agricultural extension and advisory services by emerging livestock farmers in Uthungulu District Municipality, Kwa Zulu Natal Province, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22946>
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22946
dc.description.abstract Lack of access to agricultural extension and advisory services is one of the major challenges facing emerging farmers in South Africa. The purpose of the study was to determine the level of access to extension and advisory services by emerging livestock farmers in uThungulu district municipality of KwaZulu Natal province. A survey design of face-to-face interviews was used to collect data using a structured questionnaire. A sample of 1 437 was randomly selected from 4 792 emerging livestock farmers in the district. A sampling fraction of 30% was used. Stratified sampling was used to determine the number of participants from each local municipality. The survey was conducted with different groups of emerging livestock farmers representing different age groups ranging from 18 years of age and older. Descriptive statistical analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23 software. The results showed that more than 90% of emerging livestock farmers in the district had better access to public extension compared with 14% who had access to private extension. On average, 30% of the respondents indicated that they also had access to extension and advisory services from agricultural cooperatives. With regard to extension delivery approaches, advisory was the main (43.5%) extension approach practised in uThungulu district municipality followed by project approach (37.8%), participatory approach (36.4%) and technology transfer at 11.1%. In conclusion, the involvement of private sector and cooperatives in rendering agricultural extension and advisory services in the emerging livestock sector was an indication that various stakeholders collaborate in the improvement of agriculture in the province. The emergence of project approach showed that extension agents or officers have become more target oriented rather than technology transfer driven. The use of participatory extension approach indicated that in the 21st century, farmer’s opinions were also taken into consideration in the delivery of agricultural extension and advisory services in the emerging livestock sector. It was recommended that there should be a wider partnership of extension and advisory services involving various stakeholders such as farmers, municipalities, non-governmental organizations and the private sector, to address and boost the efficiency of services to farmers in South Africa. Therefore, more work is required to increase access to extension and advisory services through cooperative associations by organizing emerging farmers in cooperative associations for the participatory approach to succeed en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (xiv, 70 leaves) : tables, color maps en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject.ddc 630.7150968443
dc.subject.lcsh Agricultural extension work -- South Africa -- Uthungulu District Municipality en
dc.subject.lcsh Livestock farms -- South Africa -- Uthungulu District Municipality en
dc.title Level of access to agricultural extension and advisory services by emerging livestock farmers in Uthungulu District Municipality, Kwa Zulu Natal Province en
dc.type Dissertation en
dc.description.department Agriculture, Animal Health and Human Ecology en
dc.description.degree M. Sc. (Agriculture) en


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