jafag Journal of Agricultural Faculty of Gaziosmanpaşa University 1300-2910 2147-8848 Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University 10.13002/jafag745 Examination of Urban-Rural Migration in Delta State, Nigeria: Implications for the Agricultural Extension Service Ofuoku Albert Dept of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Delta State University, Delta State, Nigeria 07 01 2015 32 2 79 85 03 25 2014 04 10 2015 Copyright © 1985, Journal of Agricultural Faculty of Gaziosmanpaşa University 1985 Journal of Agricultural Faculty of Gaziosmanpaşa University

This study was conducted to examine urban-rural migration in Delta State, Nigeria and its implication for extension service. Data were collected from 180 respondents who were purposively selected. It was discovered that most of the migrants were males, mostly in the age range of 50 years and above; mostly married and had one form of formal education or the other; had average household size of 6 persons. Most of them have spent 6-10years in the rural area and their migration was mostly prompted by retirement. The selected socio economic variables of the migrants had significant relationship with the decisions of the migrants to engage in agricultural activities. Implications of the findings for extension service include identifying and training the migrants on the current skills and technologies of agriculture, taking advantages of their level of exposure and experiences in the urban areas to make them opinion leaders and identifying them a year before their retirement in order to provide them with training in the agricultural enterprise of their choice.

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