Ethical Leadership and the Delivery of Agricultural Advisory Services in Tanzania LGAs

Effective delivery of public services at sub national levels of government depends on how policy officers at the council level plan, instruct and demonstrate the exemplary leadership to the field workers who have direct interface with service recipients. Like other services, the delivery of agricultural advisory services in Tanzania has been reported to be ineffective due to persisting nonfunctioning administrative bureaucracy and lack of morale of field workers who consider payment for service as their prime motives. This paper reports on the leader-follower relationship in the delivery of agricultural advisory services in the two local governments in Tanzania. Furthermore, it reports on the means through which ethical leadership framework can be applied to improve the delivery of such services.

Key words: Ethical leadership; Agricultural advisory services; Tanzania LGAs.