Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 1986 Analysis of Factors Influencing the Agricultural Research Delivery System in Liberia. Walter Tamu Wiles Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Recommended Citation Wiles, Walter Tamu, "Analysis of Factors Influencing the Agricultural Research Delivery System in Liberia." (1986). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 4272. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/4272 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 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Dissertation contains pages with print at a slant, filmed as received__________ 16. Oth er______________________________________________________________________________ University Microfilms International ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH DELIVERY SYSTEM IN LIBERIA A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in The Department of Extension and International Education by Walter Tamu Wiles B.S., University of Liberia, Monrovia, 1974 M.S., University of Hawaii, Manoa, 1978 May 1986 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The author gratefully extends his sincere gratitude to all those whose assistance, advice and encouragement made this study a reality. Sincere appreciation is especially expressed to Dr. Edward W, Gassie who served as faculty advisor and chair of the author’s graduate committee, for his invaluable support and guidance throughout the study. The author also wishes to thank the Individual members of his graduate committee, for their help and advice concerning the study: Dr. Satish Verma, Dr. Lynn L. Pesson, Dr. Edward Dunigan and Dr. Wayne H, Hudnall. Special thanks go to Dr. David Picha who served as the graduate school’s at-large member during the author's final examination, for his help in the final phase of the study. Thanks and appreciation are due the Government of Liberia and the United States Agency for International Development for providing funds and maintenance support and for affording the opportunity to pursue and complete this project. Acknowledgement is also due the following persons; Dr. Solomon Yabaya, Dr. Ismail bin Yayah, Dr. H. Rouse Caffey, Mr. Macon D. Faulkner, Mrs Margret Blackwell, Mrs Willette Crawford, Alhaji Ansumana Henries, Mr. Isaac Gbleh and Mr. J. Hillary Mason, without whose encouragement and support this endeavour would have been close to impossible. The author is deeply indebted to Mrs Gretchen Morgan for preparing the document of the study. Very special thanks and appreciation are due to the author's friends and relatives, especially his parents, Richard and Daisy Wiles, and children, Musu, Matsue and Tamu, for their endurance, love, ii understanding and assistance during his graduate work. To Seklau, his wife, who has helped him throughout these years of studies he dedicates this dissertation with love. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................. ii LIST OF TABLES .................................................... vii LIST OF FIGURES ................................................... x ABSTRACT .......................................................... xi CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION ............................................... 1 O ver v i e w ................ '.................................. 1 Statement of the Problem .... ........ 10 Purpose of the Study ..................................... 11 Objectives of the study ................................... 11 Limitations of the Study .................................. 11 Definitions of Terms ...................................... 12 Significance of the Study ................................. 16 II. REVIEW OF LITERATURE...................................... 19 Conceptualization of Development ......................... 19 Agricultural Research Delivery System ..................... 24 III. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY...................................... 30 The Population...................... 30 Identification of the Population ......................... 31 Research Design ...................................... 31 Instrument Construction ................................... 32 Instruments ................................................ 33 Data Collection........................................... 33 iv Follow-up Procedures ...................................... 34 Data Analysis ............................................. 34 IV. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS .................. 38 Profile of Principal Units ............................... 38 Profile of Research In the Delivery System ................ 42 Research - Extension Contacts ....................... 47 Research - Farmer Contacts .......................... 38 Profile of Extension In the Delivery System ............... 62 Extension Worker - Researcher Contacts ................... 62 Extension Worker - Farmer Contacts ....................... 70 Farmer’s Profile in the Delivery System .................. 74 Farmer - Extension Worker Contacts ....................... 74 Fanner - Researcher Contacts .............................. 77 Measure of Relationships Between Dependent and Independent Variables ................................. 79 Researcher Characteristics and Contact Relationships .... 79 Extension Worker Characteristics and Contact Relationships ............. 82 Farmer Characteristics and Contact Relationships ........ 83 A Comparison of Extension Response By County ............. 87 V. SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................. 94 S u m m a r y .................................................... 94 Summary of Methods and Procedures......................... 95 Summary of Profile Information............................. 96 Summary of Findings Specific to Objectives of the Study... 96 Statement of Need for a Model ......................... 100 Proposed Model ............................................ 100 v Page Description of Model...................................... 101 Concludions ................. 103 Recommendations ......................................... 103 BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................... 108 APPENDICES ...................................................... 117 VITA