The primary objective of this paper is to assess the stakeholders’ needs for mid-career agricultural
extension training programmes in North-east Nigeria taking cognizance of the Sasakawa Africa Fund
for Extension education (SAFE) intervention in the region and beyond. The major source of data was a
survey of agriculture-related private and public agricultural extension organisations in the six states
that constitute the geo-political zone, using structured questionnaire. Although, empirical results
indicated that majority of the organisations preferred full-time/regular training of their agricultural
extension staff and minority of the institutions showed interest in the part-time and short duration
programmes for reasons of shortage of staff and financial constraints, many staff still require further
training in these organisations. The implications of these for the implementation of the programmes in
Adamawa State University, Mubi and North-east Nigeria are explored.