Browsing by Author "Olabode, O.S."

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    Assessing the Effectiveness of Extension Media in Disseminating Agricultural Innovations to Youth Farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria
    (Faculty of Agriculture, Nasarawa State University, 2016-06-30) Kayode, A.O.; Daudu, A.K.; Alabi, A.A.; Olabode, O.S.; 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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    Gender Analysis of Land Management Practices Adopted by Crop farmers in North- central zone, Nigeria
    (Federal University of Wukari Journal of Agricultural & Life sciences, 2017-12-30) Kayode, A.O.; Okunade, E.O.; Oladipo, F.O.; Daudu, A.K.; Olabode, O.S.
    This study analyzed land management practices adopted by crop farmers in two selected states in North central, Nigeria on gender basis. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 302 respondents for the study. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the significant difference in the level of adoption of land management practices by male and female respondents in the study area. Results showed that mean age of the male and female farmers were 49 and 44 years, respectively. Majorities (92.1%) were male and married while 69.5% were female. The mean size of cultivated land by male and female farmers was 1.5 and 1.1 hectares of land, respectively. Although, low level of use was evident among the two genders, it was more pronounced among the female respondents. Both the male and female respondents were in the medium category of adopters of land management practices with 72.8% and 70.2%, respectively. Significant differences(P<0.05) existed among the gender in the practices of shifting cultivation, crop rotation, mixed cropping and tree planting. The study concluded that more female farmers were categorized in the lower adoption level than their male counterparts. The study, therefore, recommended that there should be more enlightenment by educating both gender on the right of an individual starting from childhood so that each gender will be given equal opportunity to survive and have equity towards production resources such as land in our communities