Assessment of Training Needs of Cashew Farmers in Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria

Adesiji, GB; Omotesho, KF; Bolarin, O.; Aigbavboa, P

doi:10.4314/agrosh.v12i2.6

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“…This finding implies that majority of the farmers were within their active years. This is similar to the findings of Adesiji et al, (2012) that reported that the mean age among cashew farmers was 46.5 years. The table shows that the majority of the maize farmers (97.6%) were male.…”

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Analysis of maize farmers' access to agricultural information in Aiyedire local government area, Osun State, Nigeria

Adebayo¹,

Olorunfemi²,

Odedoyin³

2018

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This study analyses maize farmers' access to agricultural information in Aiyedire Local Government Area of Osun state, Nigeria. The specific objectives of this study were to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of the maize farmers, identify access of maize farmers to agricultural information, determine the level of access to agricultural information and identify the sources of agricultural information to the maize farmers. A structured questionnaire was used to randomly sample 105 respondents used for this study. Descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution and percentage was used to analyse the socioeconomic characteristics, sources of information and access to agricultural information while a three-point Likert-type scale was used to analyse the level of access of the maize farmers to agricultural information The result showed that the majority (87.6%) of the farmers were male, married (84.4%) and 42.9% of them had secondary education. The majority of the farmers (89.5%) had farm size of about five hectares while those with farming experience less than 10 years was 39%. Fiftyeight percent of the farmers had household size of 4-6 persors and 69.5% of them had contacts with extension agents while 49.5% of the farmers were members of agricultural organizations. The results further showed that the farmers had access to information on improved maize varieties, with a mean score of 2.90 while they had limited access to information on mechanized method of harvesting maize, with mean score of 1.07. Therefore, the study recommends that extension agencies should provide up-to-date information on new and improved technological implement like sheller, tractors, among others, for maize farmers.

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Analysis of maize farmers' access to agricultural information in Aiyedire local government area, Osun State, Nigeria

Adebayo¹,

Olorunfemi²,

Odedoyin³

2018

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Assessment of Training Needs of Cashew Farmers in Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria

Abstract: The study assessed the training needs of cashew farmers in Owan East ' training needs (r=0.489, p=0.05). In order to improve performance and increase productivity, adequate training is required for cashew farmers with respect to the identified areas where they indicated needs for training.

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Analysis of maize farmers' access to agricultural information in Aiyedire local government area, Osun State, Nigeria

Analysis of maize farmers' access to agricultural information in Aiyedire local government area, Osun State, Nigeria

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