Browsing by Author "Ani, Mary Oluwatoyin"

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    Mobilization initiatives for promoting rural women’s adoption of rabbit production for profit and food security in the post-covid era in Enugu state
    (2022) Adesanya Emmanuel Olorunleke; Ani, Mary Oluwatoyin; Okadi, Ashagw .Ojang.,; Linus Akomaye
    This study identified initiatives for promoting adoption of rabbit production by rural women for profit and food security in the post Covid-19 era. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study was 137, made up of 117 agricultural science teachers and 20 agricultural extension agents in the study area. No sampling was done. Data was collected using structured questionnaire titled; Adoption Process Initiative Questionnaire (APIQ) made up of 15 items. The instrument was face-validated by 5 experts. The internal consistency of the instrument was determined by Cronbach Alpha reliability yielding an alpha coefficient of 0.94. The administration and collection of data was by personal contact with the help of two research assistants. The mean and standard deviation were used to analyze data collected and the t-test statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. It was found that 7 mobilization initiatives could help rural women clarify issues in rabbit production and 8 initiatives could help them adopt the rearing of rabbits for profit in the post covid-19 era. It was recommended that the ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Development Projects ADP, Commercial Agricultural Development Projects (CADP), among others should offer grants, design programmes, provide needed facilities, organize free training workshops for rural women to encourage them to embark on rabbit enterprise for profit and food security.
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    Skills required by agricultural science teachers in delivering virtual instructions as an alternative teaching medium in insurgency prone areas
    (Association of Vocational and Technical Educators of Nigeria, 2022) Adesanya, Emmanuel. Olorunleke.; Ani, Mary Oluwatoyin
    The kidnappings and killings of students leading to school closure due to insurgency and insecurity situations in Nigeria necessitate alternative instructional delivery mode for uninterrupted agricultural teaching. Therefore, this study determined skills required by agricultural teachers in delivering virtual instructions as alternative teaching medium in insurgency prone areas. The study was done in Kwara state. Survey research design was adopted. Four research questions guided the study. The study population was 236 secondary school agricultural science teachers. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 95 agricultural science teachers for the study. Researcher-designed questionnaire was the instrument for the study. Validation of instrument was done by experts in agricultural and computer education. The reliability coefficient of 0.65 was obtained using Cronbach-alpha. Data analysis was done using mean and standard deviation. Results revealed that pedagogical, technological, management and communication skills are highly required by Agricultural teachers in delivering virtual instructions in era of insecurity. The study concluded that teachers require virtual instructional skills for uninterrupted agricultural science delivery in insecurity situations. Recommendations include integration of virtual instructional delivery skills into pre-service agricultural teachers programmes, and organization of workshops for agricultural teachers on virtual instructional delivery in insurgency prone areas among others.