TITLE:
Rural Farmers Access to Agricultural Information in Ido Local Government Areas of Oyo State
AUTHORS:
Gbadebo Lukman Adebisi, Gafar Abiodun Akinosho, Esther Olufunmilayo Owolade, Seun Patrick Ayobioloja, Bolanle Olufunmilayo Jatto
KEYWORDS:
Rural Farmers, Access, Agricultural Information
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.2 No.11,
November
16,
2015
ABSTRACT:
This research was conducted to determine rural farmers’ access to
agricultural information in ido local government area of Oyo state. A
multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 120 respondents for the
study. Primary data were collected using an interview schedule and were analyzed
using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results revealed that majority
(70.0%) of the respondents were male, married (62.5%) and aspect of agriculture
they engaged with was crop farming (83.3%). The most popular source of
information among the respondents was radio (72.5%) and agricultural
information they have access to were market information, storage information
and fertilizer application. Chi-square results at 0.05 level of significance
indicated that there was significant relationship between rural farmers’ sex (X2 = 8.265, p = 0.004), marital status (X2 = 16.420, p = 0.003) and
correlation analysis of the result revealed that there existed a correlation
between income (r = 0.229, p = 0.012), sources of agricultural information (r =
0.582, p = 0.000) and access to agricultural information. Therefore, the
research study recommended that rural farmers should be educated and public
awareness of agricultural information should be emphasized and created by the
information providers.