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              <text>IMPACT OF PLURALISTIC AND DEMAND DRIVEN EXTENSION ON CROP PRODUCTION. A CASE STUDY OF GOKWE SOUTH WARD 23, ZIMBABWE</text>
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Agriculture forms the backbone of economies of most developing countries and Zimbabwe is not an exception. Majority of Zimbabwe's population like in most African countries dwells in the rural area and have farming as their major source of livelihood. Successful farming in such areas is only possible if there are supporting infrastructure and services in place, for example access to extension, credit and good roads. This study is more concerned about the agricultural extensions services that are being offered in the rural areas of Zimbabwe. The government together with other private institutions recently introduced demand driven and pluralistic extension in some rural areas and this study seeks to determine its impact on crop production. It made a back and forth pluralistic extension implementation comparison of yields, area planted and crop income in ward 23 of Gokwe south. The data used was secondary data obtained from the AREX data base. Data was analysed in SPSS and Excel. The main crops grown in Gokwe south are mug beans, sesame, maize and groundnuts. The output, area planted, and income increased since the introduction of pluralistic extension. The results show that there is a significant difference in quantity and income of mug beans (P&lt;0.05). Sesame output and income difference was also significant (P&lt;0.05). The difference in output, income and cropped area was also significant for maize and groundnuts(P&lt;0.05). It was recommended that the government should encourage pluralistic extension in communal areas in other parts of the country in order to improve agricultural production.</text>
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