Objectives of Agricultural Education

Land Use in Agriculture. Ijebu-Ode: Royal Link Press.

Abstract

Agricultural education and related development include the whole gamut of teaching, intensive and aggressive research work into (a) the crop and livestock husbandry and production including traditional and others; (b) protection, management and expansion of forest; (c) control of pests and diseases of man and his animals and plants; (the) conservation and gainful use of soil and water; (e) provision of means of communication appropriate to the need;(f) extension of social services to rural communities; (g) modification oftraditional attitudes towards the land where such militate against the satisfactory use thereof; (h) organization and economy of subsistence and other productions (i) total education for able bodied men to engage in disseminating research findings to the rural areas, for researchers who engage in various findings to improve upon plant and animal characteristics".