Management improvement programmes which try to impart all management skills to each entrepreneur tend to overload the latter with responsibilities and skills some of which could be more conveniently acquired, as required, through extension services. ###>Des programmes d'amélioration de la gestion qui tentent d'inculquer toutes les qualifications à chaque entrepreneur risquent de le surcharger de responsabilités et de compétences qu'il pourrait fort acquérir par le biais des services de vulgarisation.