Analysis of Farmers’ Access to and Perception of Extension Service Delivery in Borno State, Nigeria

Idrisa, Y.L.; Gwary, M M; Ogunbameru, B.O.

doi:10.4314/jae.v12i1.47027

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“…For example, a farmer will be able to search for new improved seeds as they know the importance of using them. Moreover, education increases farmers' ability especially in making decisions for seeking demand-driven extension services because they understand well their needs [25] and [19] explained that educated farmers can search for new opportunities in agriculture that fit their needs to improve their agricultural production. In terms of marital status, the majority of respondents (76.7%) were married while 23.3% were not.…”

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Factors Influencing Rural Farmers' Access to Agricultural Extension Services Provided by Private Organizations in Kibondo District, Tanzania

Masanja,

Shausi,

Kalungwizi

2023

EJFOOD

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Agricultural extension plays a very important role in improving agricultural productivity in many countries, including Tanzania. Through agricultural extension services, farmers acquire useful information to minimize agricultural production challenges. Though farmers in many countries, including Tanzania, still rely on public extension services, the governments in many countries have started to open doors for non-governmental organizations (NGOs), farmer-based organizations, and private agribusiness firms to provide services to farmers. Regardless of their existence still access to extension services provided by private organizations has remained a main question. Studies have consistently pointed out that only a few farmers in rural areas get access to extension services provided by private organizations. Low access to extension services by rural farmers has contributed to low agricultural production in rural areas and has remained the main factor for persistent poverty. There are limited studies documenting the factors for low access to agricultural extension services provided by private organizations. This study aimed to determine factors influencing rural farmers’ access to agricultural extension services provided by private organizations in the Kibondo district. The study used a cross-sectional research design and data were collected by interviewing 120 farmers sampled from four villages. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression model techniques. The study found that only 18.3% of farmers had access to extension services. Gender, marital status, education level, farmers’ income, and group membership had a positive and statistically significant association with access to extension services. The study concluded that only a small proportion of rural farmers in the study area had access to extension services. It is recommended that the provision of extension services by private organizations should consider the identified factors.

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Factors Influencing Rural Farmers' Access to Agricultural Extension Services Provided by Private Organizations in Kibondo District, Tanzania

Masanja,

Shausi,

Kalungwizi

2023

EJFOOD

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“…This finding is line with Bose (2018) who reported that irrigated vegetable farmers adopted improved seed due to high yield and early maturity. Farmers tend to use a technology or practice to the extent that they derive benefits from it, while they reject or discontinue the use of a technology when they feel that the package is no longer performing as it used to be or is not what it is expected (Idrisa and Ogunbameru 2008;Abdulhamid et al, 2018).…”

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Factors Influencing Irrigated Cabbage (Brassica Oleraceae) Production in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria

Bose¹,

Hamza²

2019

JASD

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The study was conducted to examine the factors influencing irrigated cabbage production in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select a total of 100 farmers for the study. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The result shows that all (100%) of the farmers were male and 35.7% of cabbage farmers were youth with average age of 35.6 years. The result further reveals that all (100%) of the respondents were male and majority (69.4%) of the farmers were literate who obtained various form of formal education. The average farm land cultivated was 1.5 hectares and 74.5% of the farmers acquired their inputs from the market. Majority (80.6%) of the farmers sourced water from the river/stream and used pumping machine for the irrigation. The result also shows that most (93.9%) of the farmers adopted treated and improved seeds technology. The result revealed that quantity of seeds, labour, fertilizer and farm size had positive coefficients and significantly influenced cabbage output. The R2 was estimated at 0.398 which implies about 40% of the variation in output of cabbage production was explained by explanatory factors included in the model. The R2 was estimated at 0.398 which implies about 40% of the variation in output of cabbage production was explained by explanatory factors included in the model. This is not by chance as justify by F-value of 10.027 and significant at P<0.001, indicating combine effect of independent variables on the total output. The study recommends that farmers should be encouraged to form cooperative societies to obtain input resources collectively and enjoy group marketing of cabbage. The use of more improved irrigation technologies is also recommended in order to boast cabbage production for high income.

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Attitude of farmers towards privatization of agricultural extension services

Kaur¹,

Shehrawat²,

Peer³

2014

Agri. Scie. Dige.

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Analysis of Farmers’ Access to and Perception of Extension Service Delivery in Borno State, Nigeria

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Factors Influencing Rural Farmers' Access to Agricultural Extension Services Provided by Private Organizations in Kibondo District, Tanzania

Factors Influencing Rural Farmers' Access to Agricultural Extension Services Provided by Private Organizations in Kibondo District, Tanzania

Factors Influencing Irrigated Cabbage (Brassica Oleraceae) Production in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria

Attitude of farmers towards privatization of agricultural extension services

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