The causes of slow pace of technology transfer and adoption were identified to include ineffectiveness of extension delivery system, lack of adequate liaison between extension and research, lack of trained personnel both in quantity and quality, inadequate financial support, complexity of the new technology, incompatibility, in relation to the existing ones, high coat Of adopting the new technology among others.
The slow pace of technology transfer and adoption were also found to have negative implication in rural agriculture and the nation’s economy as a whole because of the resultant low agricultural productivity.
provision should be made for the expansion of man power training facilities, high priority should be given to the development of appropriate innovation and technology that must be economically viable, culturally compatible etc.
