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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND RESEARCH LIAISON SERVICES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, PMB 1067 SAMARU - ZARIA NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND RESEARCH LIAISON SERVICES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY PMB 1067 SAMARU - ZARIA February,2018 Page 1 of86 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents Page No. Title Page ..................... ........ ......................................................................................................... .. ..................... 1 Table of Contents .. ........................................... .. ........................................................ .. .. ................................ 2 Li st of Plates... .. ............ .................................. .............................................................. ............................. .. ... ... ... 3 Foreword .................................................. ..................... ........................ ............ .. ......................................... ....... 4 Vision .................... ........ ............................... .. .... ....... ....... ...................... .. .... ......... ............................................... s Mission ....................... ...................................... ....... ............... ......... ... .. ........ ................ ................. ........ ........ ..... .5 Mandates .. ... .... ........... .... ... .. .... ....... ...................................... .. ...... .............. ........ ...................... .. ... ............ ........ .5 NAERLS ORGANOGRAM ....... ....... ........ ................... .. ................. .. ... ......... ........ ............... ..................................... 6 MANAGEMENT COMMITIEE .. ............................................................. ............. ................................................. 7 NAERLS Office Addresses .... .................... .. ....... .............. ........................................................ ............................. 8 Executive Summary .................................... .. ............... ........................................................................................9 RESEARCHES .. ........... .......... .. .. ............................. ............. .......... ................................................ ........................... 11 TRAININGS .. ..... ........ ...... .. ...... ....... ........ ......... ....... ....................... ...... ............. ......... ............................... ............... 17 EXTENSION PUBLICATIONS ............. ...... .. .... ... .. ..... ............. .. .. .................. .. ........................................................... 27 RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMES .. .............. ... .................................................. .. ............. ........ ............. ...... 33 SPECIAL RADIO PROGRAMMES .. ...... .. ............. .... ... ... .... .. ... .. ...... ......................................... .................. .... .. ..........35 ADOPTED VILLAGES AND SCHOOLS OUTREACH UNIT ACTIVITIES .................... .. ........... ....................................... 39 SKILLS ACQUISITION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTRE ........................... ................................ .42 IN-HOUSE REVIEW/REFIL$ ................. ......... .. ... .... ... ................................................... .. .............. ..................... ....... 43 MEETIN GS .................................................... .. ............ .............. ....... .. ..................................... ...............................44 DEPARTMENTAL, ZONAL AND INSTITUTE SEMINARS ... ........................ ........................ .. .. .. ...... .................... .. ...... 49 NAERLS SPECIAL EVENTS ... ..... ............................................................. .. .. ...................... .... ............... ..................... 53 SPECIAL PROJECTS ............................................ ......... ....... ...... ...................... .. ... .... .. ...................... ......... .. ............ .66 CONFERENCES ATIENDED ..... ... ................................................... .. ........ ......................................... .................... .. 72 JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS ................................. ....... ....... ........ .............. ................................... ....................... .. ...... 80 ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES (COURSES TAUGHT/STUDENTS BEING SUPERVISED) ............ .. ......... .. ..............................88 Industrial Training (IT)/SIWES activities Industrial Training (IT)/SIWES activities ................................... .. .. ...... 88 STAFF DISPOSITION .... ................................. .................. .... ...... ..... .. .. .... ............... ..... .. ............. ............ ...... .. .......... 88 Page 2 of86 LIST OF PLATES PAGE NO. Plate 1: A cross section of trainees at the N -power agro ToT training in Adamawa State ... ................ ................ 18 Plate 2:Step down training ofFOT for shika women farmer group........... ........................................................ .. .19 Plate 3: Tsibiri Global Voice Farmers collecting their fertilizers (left) and the MD ABUMF Bank giving loan to the first women group under the scheme (right) ............................................................................... .40 Plate 4: Invited guests at the opening ceremony of the AROC (right) and the AROC building awaiting commissioning by the VC. (left) ............... ....... ...................... ........................................... ......................41 Plate 5: Group photograph of the visit of the Chainnan Governing Council Federal University Dutsenrna Katsina State. A the centre of the picture is the Executive Director flanked by the Chairman on the left ......................................................... ........................................................................................ ......... .S4 Plate 6:The presentation ceremony of android tablets donated by the FAO at the NAERLS Suites & Conf. Centre, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. In the Picture, the Executive Director represented by the D.D. Prof. E.l. lkani (L) and the FAO rep. Dr. Rabe Mani (R) ............................................................ .55 Plate 7: Dignitaries at the opening ceremony of one of AROCS at Guga town of Giwa LGA ............................... .S6 Plate 8: The AROC building ready for commissioning by the Vice-chancellor Ahmadu Bello University Zaria ........................................................................................ ............................. ........ .......................... 55 Plate 9: The handing over ceremony of Android Tablets to all the state ADPs at the Arewa House Kaduna, by the representative of the Vice Chancellor ofAhmadu Bello University Prof. E.B Amans (L) while the E.D (L) watches with keen interest ........................ ................................................ .......................... 57 Plate 10: A cross section of call centre agents at a series of trainings organized to build their capacity on the operational modalities of a call centre .......................................................................................... ...... .... $8 Plate 11 : The Chairman of the Governing Council of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Air Vice Marshall (Rtd) Mohammed Muktar (2nd Right) with other University Mgt on a visit to the Institute listening to explanations by the Dep. Dir. Prof. E.l Ikani (1st Left) ....... ....... .............................. ...... ................... $9 Plate 12: Farmers' field day and merit award presentation at Biye Adopted village. the E.D (L) is presented with an award by the chairman of Biye farmers association (R). ...........................................................60 Plate 13: NAERLS partners NIFAAS to train adopted village farmers on how to collect, process and utilize goat milk. one of the NAERLS staff demonstrate a hygienic way of rnilking ....................................... 62 Plate 14: A group photograph of participants at the 2017 annual extension review and planning meeting ......... 64 Plate 15: Participants from 18 countries at the AIFAS-KAFACI workshop on extension methodologies and the 3rd Extension week at Durban RSA. The NAERLS representative is sitting first from right. .. ...... 73 Page 3 of86 Foreword The National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS) ofAhmadu Bello University (ABU), one ofthe National Agricultural Research Institutes (NARis) under the Federal Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development (FMARD). Established in 1963, the Institute has the primary responsibility of developing, collating, evaluati ng and disseminating proven agricultural technologies and innovations to end-users. The specific functions ofNAERLS include: 1. To conduct research in areas of technology transfer, adoption process, technology adaptation, and agricultural research information systems; 11. To coordinate the overall planning and development of Research Extension linkage activities throughout the country; 111. To coordinate the production of television and radio programmes and documentaries on agricultural extension activities nationwide in collaboration with other agricultural research institutes and ADP's; 1v. To coordinate national trainings, conferences and workshops on agricultural extension matters; v. To publish the Nigeria Journal ofAgricu