Agricultural Information Needs of Small Holder Farmers in Central Agricultural Zone of Nasarawa State

Salau, E. S.; Saingbe, N D; Garba, M.G.

doi:10.4314/jae.v17i2.15

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“…This implies that respondents will readily participate in any rice transformation programme that they are favourably disposed towards. This is in line with the finding of Salau et al (2013) which showed that the majority (86.0%) of the respondents were full time farmers. Also, 45.0% of the respondents had no minor occupation.…”

Section: Source: Field Survey (2014)supporting

confidence: 91%

Perceived Contribution of Agricultural Transformation Agenda to Rice Production of Farm Families in Southwestern Nigeria

Kareem

Akinbile

2015

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Perceived Contribution of Agricultural Transformation Agenda to Rice Production of Farm Families in Southwestern Nigeria

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Akinbile

2015

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“…The result implies that the farmers fall within the range of smallholder farmers. This supported the findings of Salau, E.S., Saingbe, N.D. and Garba, M. N. (2013) in a study of Agricultural Information needs of smallholder farmers in Central Agricultural Zones of Nasarawa State which revealed that the majority (68%) of the respondents had farm sizes ranging between 1-5ha. Size of farmland is expected to aid the adoption of new technologies by farmers because farmers that lack enough farmland cannot sacrifice their land for trials of new technology.…”

Section: Socio-economic Characteristics Of Respondentssupporting

confidence: 87%

Adoption Level of IFAD Project Recommended Farming Practices among Smallholder Crop Farmers in Katsina State, Nigeria

Jamilu¹,

Atala

Akpoko

et al. 2016

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“…This is in line with the findings of the study by Meitei and Devi (2009) who reported that information related to seed varieties, pesticides and fertilizers were most needed by farmers in rural Manipur. Similarly some author also found the similar result for information needs of the farmers which is mainly information on seeds/input availability (what input to use, how much to use, when and from where to purchase inputs) (Mittal et al, 2013),diseases and pest management (Salau et al, 2013;Shanthasheela et al, 2015), water conservation, post-harvest techniques, irrigation, manure and fertilizer management (Okwu et al, (2009), modern cultivation practices, farmers training programmes, government schemes on agriculture, storage, weather information, sources of farm credit and marketing information (Meera et al, 2004;Tologbonse et al, 2008;and Jalaja et al, 2015).…”

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Stakeholders’ Information needs, Information Searching and Sharing Behaviour about Rice related Information through Rice Knowledge Management Portal

Kumar¹,

Sangeetha²,

Singh³

et al. 2018

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In this study an attempt was made to analyze the information need of various stakeholders and how Rice Knowledge Management Portal (RKMP) is capable enough in integrating with the information needs in purposively selected Nalgonda and West Godavari districts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states respectively. In total, 80 farmers along with 30 scientists and 30 extension personnel were selected as respondents for assessing their information need on rice cultivation and it was measured with modified Standardized Information Need Index (SINI) using ex post facto research design. The study revealed that the information on disease management was perceived most important by majority of farmers (index value =83) followed by local market price and pest management. Similarly, scientists perceived information on disease management was most important need for them (index value =83.3) followed by pest management and weather information. In case of extension personnel, information on price and source of input (index value 86.7) perceived highest rank whereas information on disease management and local market price were second and third rank respectively. In the study it was found that plant protection information was searched most by farmers, scientists and extension personnel. Furthermore, it was found that majority of the farmers were sharing information when they meet informally and majority of scientists sharing information when they meet either officially and non-officially, majority of extension personnel shared information when meeting with farmers in their field. The study implied that RKMP played a significant role in meeting the information needs of various stakeholders by providing relevant and timely information on rice cultivation through its various domains. Hence, such knowledge management portals are need of the hour in bridging the information gap/digital divide which exists between lab and land. K e y w o r d sInformation need, Information need index, Information sharing, Information searching, Rice farmers, ICT

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Agricultural Information Needs of Small Holder Farmers in Central Agricultural Zone of Nasarawa State

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Cited by 15 publications

References 2 publications

Perceived Contribution of Agricultural Transformation Agenda to Rice Production of Farm Families in Southwestern Nigeria

Perceived Contribution of Agricultural Transformation Agenda to Rice Production of Farm Families in Southwestern Nigeria

Adoption Level of IFAD Project Recommended Farming Practices among Smallholder Crop Farmers in Katsina State, Nigeria

Stakeholders’ Information needs, Information Searching and Sharing Behaviour about Rice related Information through Rice Knowledge Management Portal

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