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AEM503:Diffusion and Adoption of Innovation

Welcome to AEM 503 Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations Course! You are beginning a course about how innovations are diffused adopted. The course is made up of twelve study units. Your study time for each unit will vary from one to four weeks.

What Will You Learn?

You will therefore, judge whether all or some of the materials contained in them apply in the Nigerian environment. Your opinion here therefore, matters a lot, as there are various answers to these questions. You will learn some new terms and expressions during the course of the study. You will also come into contact with new ideas, which may make you look at the concept of iinnovations from an entirely different perspective.

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Teacher Of Course
Dr. Goddey F. Okwuokenye
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Category
Science
Duration Time
1 Semester
Level
500 Level
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• What the course covers.

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One of the most important functions of Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations is to bridge gap between research centers and the farmers for introduction of improved technologies or methods of agriculture. In other words successful communication is the main job of an extension worker.

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Course Department
Science Education

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Lessons Of Course

Factors Determining the Rates of Adoption II 08:44
Adopter Categories 14:30
Opinion Leadership 07:16
Measurement of Opinion 12:30
Change agents 05:25
Change agents II 07:58
Theoretical Formulations on the Diffusion of Innovations 11:25
Sectors Related to Differential Rates of Adoption of New Agricultural Technology 12:35
Implication of these innovation - Decisions 09:47
Factors of Effective Agricultural Extension in Rural Areas 08:06

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