Fadlullah O ISSA
Dr Fadlullah Olayiwola, Issa is a Principal Extension Specialist (Associate Professor of Extension) in the National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
Fadlullah obtained his PhD in Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology and Masters in Journalism from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; MSc in Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology from Olabisi Onabanjo University; and Masters Agricultural Policy and Administration from the University of Ibadan.
Dr Issa worked with Lagos State Agricultural Development Authority as extension worker from 1997 to 2009. He joined the service of NAERLS in 2009 as an Extension Specialist. He also lectures in the Departments of Agricultural Extension, Sociology, and Vocational and Technical Education in Faculties of Agriculture, Social Sciences, and Education, respectively of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
His research and development work delves into the uptake and dissemination of agricultural innovations in smallholder farming systems; participatory extension, adoption studies, impact assessment, climate change, agricultural extension policy as well as sustainable agricultural policy. He has participated in several international and multidisciplinary development research projects such as Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA), Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). He is a National Volunteer in the Winrock International F2F Program. He is a member of many professional associations including Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria (AESON), Rural Sociological Association of Nigeria (RuSAN) and Nigerian Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (NIFAAS). He served as the Vice President (North) for NIFAAS. He was elected as the President of NIFAAS on 21st Nov, 2024. Fadlullah is a Fellow of the Agricultural Extension of Nigeria (FAESON). He has attended many workshops, seminars and trainings locally and internationally. He has over 120 publications in both local and international journals.
Awards include:
1. Award of Excellence for contribution to the Development of Agricultural Extension Services in Africa at Africa-Wide Agricultural Extension Week 6th November, 2023
2. Certified Knowledge Manager for Sustainable Development by Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) December 2021
2. Awarded the 1987 Best Science Student in Ibeju-Lekki School Management Committee (SMC) by the Pivot Club of Epe.
Dr Issa is a seasoned extensionist and rural development expert. Currently, he has 494 citations with h-index of 12 and i10-index of 15 on google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bUR74n4AAAAJ&hl=en as at 21st December, 2024
Fadlullah obtained his PhD in Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology and Masters in Journalism from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; MSc in Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology from Olabisi Onabanjo University; and Masters Agricultural Policy and Administration from the University of Ibadan.
Dr Issa worked with Lagos State Agricultural Development Authority as extension worker from 1997 to 2009. He joined the service of NAERLS in 2009 as an Extension Specialist. He also lectures in the Departments of Agricultural Extension, Sociology, and Vocational and Technical Education in Faculties of Agriculture, Social Sciences, and Education, respectively of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
His research and development work delves into the uptake and dissemination of agricultural innovations in smallholder farming systems; participatory extension, adoption studies, impact assessment, climate change, agricultural extension policy as well as sustainable agricultural policy. He has participated in several international and multidisciplinary development research projects such as Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA), Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). He is a National Volunteer in the Winrock International F2F Program. He is a member of many professional associations including Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria (AESON), Rural Sociological Association of Nigeria (RuSAN) and Nigerian Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (NIFAAS). He served as the Vice President (North) for NIFAAS. He was elected as the President of NIFAAS on 21st Nov, 2024. Fadlullah is a Fellow of the Agricultural Extension of Nigeria (FAESON). He has attended many workshops, seminars and trainings locally and internationally. He has over 120 publications in both local and international journals.
Awards include:
1. Award of Excellence for contribution to the Development of Agricultural Extension Services in Africa at Africa-Wide Agricultural Extension Week 6th November, 2023
2. Certified Knowledge Manager for Sustainable Development by Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) December 2021
2. Awarded the 1987 Best Science Student in Ibeju-Lekki School Management Committee (SMC) by the Pivot Club of Epe.
Dr Issa is a seasoned extensionist and rural development expert. Currently, he has 494 citations with h-index of 12 and i10-index of 15 on google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bUR74n4AAAAJ&hl=en as at 21st December, 2024
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agricultural development and rural transformation in Nigeria. The importance of human resources development to food security and market integration underscore the need for increased knowledge and information sharing on appropriate communication methodologies, channels and tools.
Marginal rural areas suffer from isolation and a lack of communication with the outside world. This underscored the fact that relevant information must not only be available but accessible and affordable considering the complexity of actors, widespread, different background (culture, values, beliefs, enterprise etc). This paper assessed the rural communication development programmes in Nigeria. It focused on Mobile System of Telephony (MSTF) using the Zambian experience and the NAERLS initiative, Rural Radio Broadcasting Services (RRBS), and Rural-based E-mailing and Internet Facility (RBEIF) and demonstrated how the three most rewarding and sustainable systems
of communications can rapidly promote agricultural development and contribute to rural transformation in Nigeria. The paper concludes on the need for a stable and friendly agricultural extension media policy in line with the renewed commitments by the UN General Assembly on the achievement of the MDGs.
selected Universities, information was elicited from 50% of the final year agriculture students with the help of semi structured questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The result revealed that about 57% of the
respondents were male and about 7.0% were married. Majority (60.0%) of the respondents were between the ages bracket of 23-27years. Over 87.0% had e-mail
address and 60.5% had personal computer. About 20% of the respondents chose to read agriculture in the University when seeking for admission, though 50.8% have been involved practically in one form of agriculture enterprise or the other before they were admitted. About 93.0% of them opined that they had no regrets studying agriculture and 95% of the respondents stated that they would like to put their professional qualification
in agriculture into practice in the future. Analysis of the data also revealed that the respondents believed that agriculture is a major means of generating employment for young people (mean=3.5) and that it has the potential in addressing the problems of unemployment and under-employment among the youths (mean=2.9). Assurance of profit (mean=3.4) and availability of technology (mean=3.5) were also reported to likely draw
the attention of youths to farming. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation showed a significant positive correlation between perception of agriculture and the extent of achievement of vision /mission statement (r=0.29; p = 0.05), possession of electronic mail address (r=0.28; p = 0.05) and also with information sources (r=0.24; p = 0.05) There was however, a negative but significant correlation between perception of agriculture and preferred agricultural course of respondents. The implications of this result are discussed. This paper concludes that luring of more students’ into agricultural
profession is imperative for sustainable growth. Agriculture should be deliberately tied to the interests of the youth. It recommends that University vision/mission statements should be designed and sharpened in such a way to encourage students’ dedication to agriculture as a career in order to sustain food security and transformation agenda in Nigeria.
Key words: Agriculture, Perception, career, Final year students, Nigeria