Abstract

Relevance of packages of improved agricultural technologies to farmers’ felt needs would influence how readily the farmers adopt them as well as the attainment of the goal of self-sufficiency in food production vis-à-vis the Millennium Development Goal on food security. The study was, therefore, conducted to evaluate the relevance of extension packages of improved technologies to farmers’ felt needs in Cross River State, Nigeria. In conducting the study, 180 farmers participating in extension program in the state were randomly selected using the multi-stage random sampling technique.  The data collected through a structured questionnaire were analyzed using the t-test of significance of difference between sample and population means. The study found that farmers were unanimous that most of the extension recommendations were not very relevant to their felt needs. There was no significant difference between the farmers’ rating of the relevance of extension recommendations and their felt needs. As such the null hypothesis was accepted and the alternative hypothesis rejected at 0.05 level of significance. Some recommendations were also made

Key words: Evaluation, relevance, recommendations, cassava, farmers, felt-needs, Cross River.