Information and Communication Technology Usage among Extension Workers in Kwara State, Nigeria
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2020-05
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International Journal of Information Processing and Communication (IJIPC)
Abstract
The ability of the extension workers to access right and updated knowledge and information will assist
them to accomplish their job as front liners in the agricultural extension delivery system. The study
assessed the use of ICTs among extension agents in Kwara State ADP. One hundred and twenty extension
agents were selected from all the zones. Data for the study were obtained with the aid of questionnaires
aadministered to extension agents. The majority of the extension agents were in the age range of 41-50
years, were males (70.8%) and married (87.5%). The entire extension agents had formal education with
the HND holders having the highest percentage of 39.2%. Most of the respondents had working
experience of about 11-20 years. The result shows a low usage of IPAD (25.4%) and organization
website (40.8%). ICT usage in agriculture shows that it was used mainly for dissemination of valuable
information to farmers on new breeds and variety of crops (93.3%) However, on the level of severity of
the constraints, ‘lack of exposure to ICT’ was ranked 1st(( ̅ 2.059). The result shows a positive
correlation between ICT use and educational level (t=0.010).
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ICT, Usage, Extension agents