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Preference for mass media usage among farmers in Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun State Nigeria

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Agricultural economics and extension

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.

DOI

10.21608/svuijas.2022.106985.1156

Keywords

farmers, radio, telephone, television

Authors

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Bolarin

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Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

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drfemibolarin@gmail.com

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S.E.

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Komolafe

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Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

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kemmas04@yahoo.com

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S.A.

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Kolade

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Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

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sakolade@yahoo.com

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Volume

4

Article Issue

2

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32560

Issue Date

2022-04-01

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2021-11-20

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2022-06-05

Page Start

204

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209

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2636-3801

Online ISSN

2636-381X

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https://svuijas.journals.ekb.eg/article_242060.html

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https://svuijas.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=242060

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17

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1,132

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Publication Title

SVU-International Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://svuijas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Preference for mass media usage among farmers in Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun State Nigeria

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22 Jan 2023