The Role of Opinion Leaders with Reference to Extension work in Luri County, Jubek State, South Sudan

This research is to assess the role of opinion leaders in extension work in relation to farming. The purpose
is to establish the extent opinion leaders encourage agricultural production for the achievement of food
security. This is because opinion leaders are seen as helpful in addressing challenges in the community.
There is satisfaction with opinion leaders that can assist extension workers to deliver and are seen as
important in the provision of extension services to farmers. The result of the research is that opinion
leaders play a role in extension work in Luri County and the main role is in linking extension workers to
farmers. In general, farmers are satisfied with the role of opinion leaders. It is recommended that there
should be more consultation between opinion leaders and extension workers with further research to be
carried out to establish the extent to which the role of opinion leaders in extension work is effective in
increasing yields for self-reliance in food production.

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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The datasets used in this study are openly available at [repository link] and the source code is available on GitHub at [GitHub link].

This work did not receive any external funding.