Agricultural Information Needs of Women Farmers in South-Western Nigeria: Lessons for Effective Extension Delivery
This study determined the specific agricultural information needs of women farmers across the ago-ecological zones of south western Nigeria. A stratified andmulti-stage random sampling technique was adopted in selecting 347 women farmers that were duly registered with the Agricultural Development P...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria
2005-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Agricultural Extension |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/216 |
| Summary: | This study determined the specific agricultural information needs of women farmers across the ago-ecological
zones of south western Nigeria. A stratified andmulti-stage random sampling technique was adopted in selecting
347 women farmers that were duly registered with the Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) in Ogun,
Oyo, Ondo and Delta States. Frequency counts, percentages, chi-square analysis and analysis of variance
(ANOVA) were used in analyzing the generated data Findings reveal that 43.3% of the respondents are between
41 and 50 years, and that 83.4% are married. Cassava and maize are the major crops grown by the women
farmers (100%). Furthermore, findings reveal that women farmers to a “large extent" need information
pertaining to improved seeds (64.0%) and cooperative association (57.3%) while 56.8% do not need information
on government regulations. Results of inferential statistics indicate that educational level is not significantly
related to agricultural information needs (y? =0.35; p > 0.05). Hoyvever, there is a significant relationship
between age and womenfarmers agricultural information needs (g2= 16,87, p < 0.05). But there is no significant
difference in the agricultural information needs of women farmers in the Rain Forest zone ( x =41.8) and
Savannah zone ( x =40.6), (F= 0.29;p > 0-05). Therefore extension delivery packages to womenfarmers should
layparticular emphasis on agricultural information relating to improvedseeds andcooperative associations.
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| ISSN: | 1119-944X 2408-6851 |