Agricultural extension in delivering technologies to farmers in Ghana

Agricultural technology extension refers to the activities of transforming and applying advanced agricultural technologies and scientific and technological achievements to the agricultural production process through experiments, demonstrations, training, guidance and consulting services. Agricultural extension has been at the in delivering technologies to farmers for decades. Smallholder farmers who form majority of Africa’s population produce about 80% of the food needs of the population. It however important to note that the productivity of these farmers on the African continent lag behind that of most part of the world. This is occasioned by a myriad of challenges including, poor soil fertility, low quality of seed and cultivars, and high cost and poor quality of agricultural inputs supply, high incidence of pest and diseases, high cost of farm labour, land tenure system, poor market opportunities and financial intermediation.These challenges require the development and dissemination of improved technologies to address them. Technology is an idea, practice, or object for adoption by an individual or other unit of adoption (group). This presentation offer insight into adoption of technologies in the Ghanaian context and how technology adoption is improving agricultural productivity in Ghana.