Motivational pathways for farmer learning behaviour in the student‐to‐farmer university outreach
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Date
2023
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International Journal of Training and Development
Abstract
In recent times, calls for practical training of agricultural
extension workers, who exhibit the right mix of
competences for responsiveness to farmer learning
needs, have intensified. This comes at the time when
there is an increasingly growing desire for more
community‐engaged African universities, and as such,
making the integration of agricultural students into
community outreach services a necessity. However,
empirical evidence on whether student‐led outreach
and training models adequately respond to the
psychological learning needs of host farmers and
subsequent motivation of these farmers for learning
is lacking. This study uses a structural equation
modelling technique on a sample of 283 farmers who
had previously participated in the student‐to‐farmer
outreach of Gulu University. Results reveal that
satisfying farmer learning needs influences intrinsic
motivation, formation of learning intentions and
farmer learning behaviour. Intrinsic motivation mediates
the relationship between satisfying farmer learning
needs and the outcome learning behavior. We
conclude that satisfying farmer learning needs is a
strong initiator of motivational pathways for farmer learning behaviour in the student‐to‐farmer university
outreach. We call for more public financing of
university outreach programmes so as to enable not
only training for churning out graduates with the right
competences of responsiveness to community needs
but also fostering creative innovations involving both
universities and communities.
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Keywords
Motivational pathways, Farmer learning behavior, Student‐to‐farmer University outreach
Citation
Kalule, S. W., Sseguya, H., Karubanga, G., & Ongeng, D. (2023). Motivational pathways for farmer learning behaviour in the student‐to‐farmer university outreach. International Journal of Training and Development, 27(2), 263-280. DOI: 10.1111/ijtd.12298