Worth assessment of information and their access points by small scale cassava farmers in Nigeria
| Autor: | Osikabor, B, Oladele, IO, Ogunlade, I |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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| Zdroj: | South African Journal of Agricultural Extension, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 69-78, Published: 2011 South African Journal of Agricultural Extension; Vol 39, No 2 (2011) |
| ISSN: | 2413-3221 0301-603X |
| Popis: | This study determined the access, worth assessment and use of information by small-scale farmers in Oyo State. The study described socio-economic characteristics of small-scale cassava farmers; ascertained information access point preferences and analyzed information worth assessment. A multi stage sampling was used to select 360 respondents and data were collected through pre-tested and face validated questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.88. The results show that majority of the cassava farmers (76.4%) had low access to information and 85.6% rated cassava innovation packages as of low worth. The most frequently used access point is oral communication (83%), which was also rated highest in motivation ability (77.7%), regularity (96.3%) and relevance of information (83.4%). Radio was rated as the most persistent (68.5%). social participation, farm size and use of hired labour had a statistically significant effect on access to information (p |
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