Relevance of packages of improved agricultural technologies to farmers’ felt needs would influence
how readily the farmers adopt them as well as the attainment of the goal of self-sufficiency in food
production vis-à-vis the Millennium Development Goal on food security. The study was, therefore,
conducted to evaluate the relevance of extension packages of improved technologies to farmers’ felt
needs in Cross River State, Nigeria. In conducting the study, 180 farmers participating in extension
program in the state were randomly selected using the multi-stage random sampling technique. The
data collected through a structured questionnaire were analyzed using the t-test of significance of
difference between sample and population means. The study found that farmers were unanimous that
most of the extension recommendations were not very relevant to their felt needs. There was no
significant difference between the farmers’ rating of the relevance of extension recommendations and
their felt needs. As such the null hypothesis was accepted and the alternative hypothesis rejected at
0.05 level of significance. Some recommendations were also made