Browsing by Author "Olabode, O. Seun"

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    Assessing the Effectiveness of Extension Media in Disseminating Agricultural Innovations to Youth Farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria
    (Production Agriculture and Technology Journal, 2016) Kayode, Ajoke Oluwatoyin; Daudu, Abdulrasaq Kamal; Alabi, Afusat Adunni; Olabode, O. Seun; Olusola, M.R
    The study identified appropriate means of disseminating agricultural innovation to farmers, the efficiency of these practice will enhance the level of agricultural productivity among youth farmers in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo state, Nigeria. A Multistage sampling procedure was employed to select 83 respondents for the study. A well structured questionnaire was used to collect data on socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, existing and sources of Information and Communication Technology facilities and the utilization level of ICT facilities by the extension agents. Descriptive and Inferential statistics (Pearson Product Moment Correlation) were used to analyze data. The mean age of respondents was 35years with an average of 12 years of farming experience and respondents had 9 years as mean years of formal education. The youth farmers need information mostly in areas of leadership skills development (97.6%) and marketing of agricultural products (91.6%). However, the youth farmers were usually deprived of adequate access to agricultural innovation due to poor access to timely information (85.9 %) and lack of involvement of youth in the development programme (83.9%) Moreover, extension media such as radio (WMS=4.30) and cell phone (WMS=3.77) were found to be effective in disseminating agricultural innovations to youth farmers in the study area. Results of Pearson Product Moment (PPM) showed that age (r=0.728***), years of farming experience (r =0.642***), household size (r =0.350***) and years of schooling (r =0.355***) were found to be significantly (p < 0.05) related with the effectiveness of the use of extension media in the dissemination of agricultural innovations to youth farmers. This study therefore recommends that adequate cooperation between youth farmers and extension agents is imperative especially through youth forums to allow adequate access to agricultural innovations which will invariably boost agricultural production as well as community development.
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    Effects of Different Strategies Adopted by Rural Women on their Food Security in Oyo State
    (International Journal of Applied Agricultural and Apicultural Research., 2015-06) Okunade, Esther Omolabake; Olabode, O. Seun; Kayode, Ajoke Oluwatoyin
    The study assessed the effects of different strategies adopted by rural women on their food securityin Oyo State. Multistage sampling procedure was adopted for this research work. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and binomial logit model. Majority (93.5 percent) of the sampled women were married, while 6.5 percent of them were widowed. The mean age was 49 years. Backyard farming (= - 1.000333343) had a negative but significant relationship to household food insecurity while reduction of meals (= 1.312270792) had a positive and significant relationship to household food insecurity. It was recommended that, program aimed at reducing poverty should be implemented in other to ensure that households were able to afford adequate meals also; backyard farming should be encouraged among rural women.