Preference for mass media usage among farmers in Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun State Nigeria | ||
| SVU-International Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 17, Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2022, Pages 204-209 PDF (194.24 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/svuijas.2022.106985.1156 | ||
| Authors | ||
| O. Bolarin; S.E. Komolafe* ; S.A. Kolade | ||
| Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study examined the preference for mass media usage among farmers in Egbedore local government area of Osun state, Nigeria. A two stage sampling procedure was used to select 80 respondents. Data were obtained by the use of structured questionnaire. Findings show that telephone (50%), television (21.2%) and radio (20%) were the most preferred mass media by farmer in accessing agricultural information in the study area. easy accessibility (mean=4.57), readily availability (mean=4.35), and cheaper/low cost (mean=4.31) were the foremost reasons for the choice of mass media preferred for accessing agricultural information in the study area. The study found that household size (X2=0.328; p=0.003), years of experience (X2=0.413; p=0.000) and education (X2=0.387; p=0.000) were significantly related to preferred use of mass media to access agricultural information. The study recommend that trained agricultural extension personnel should be deployed to improve the technical know-how of farmers on the use of mass media gadgets to access agricultural information. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Farmers; Radio; Telephone; Television | ||
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