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DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Jul 1, 2021
JCCR | Journal of Community & Communication Research, Jun 30, 2021
Gender differentials in climate change adaptive capabilities among small-scale farmers in Abia St... more Gender differentials in climate change adaptive capabilities among small-scale farmers in Abia State was assessed using a sample size of 70 male and female respondents each, generated via a multi-stage sampling method. Data were collected from the respondents through the use of questionnaire and interview schedule and analyzed using descriptive statistics and Z Test analysis. Results estimated 46 and 44 years as the mean ages of male and female respondents respectively. About 29%, 43% and 21% of the male respondents and 50%, 36% and 11% of the female respondents were into farming, trading and other professions respectively. Majority (86%) of the male and female (69%) respondents were literates and had mean monthly income of ₦32,871.143 and ₦28,642. 854 respectvely. Result equally, shows a mean farm size of 1.7 and 1.3 hectares for the male and female respondents with mean years of farming experience of 11 years and 12 years also. About 57%, 14%, 12% and 7% of male respondents acquir...
Nigeria Agricultural Journal, 2020
The study examined rural community efforts in gully erosion control in Imo state, Nigeria. The st... more The study examined rural community efforts in gully erosion control in Imo state, Nigeria. The study identifiedthe erosion control activities, ascertained the level of participation in gully erosion control activities, examinedthe perceived effects of gully erosion on rural community development and identified factors militating againstthe efforts of rural communities in gully erosion control. Multistage random sampling procedure was used insampling 180 respondents. Data for the study were collected with the use of a well structured questionnaire. Datacollected were analyzed with descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation).Findings showed that long ridges across slope or the ground (55.0%) was the major gully erosion control activity.Respondents participated poorly in erosion control activities (1.7) and strongly perceived the effect of gullyerosion on community development (3.26). Factors militating against rural community efforts on gully erosioncon...
世界农业经济研究, 2021
该研究采用了调查设计，以确定尼日利亚阿比亚州（Abia）和伊莫州（Imo）的芋头生产中为增强妇女权能的创业技能。本研究的目的是确定可用于增强妇女在芋头生产中的权能的创业技能，并确定增强妇女在芋头... more 该研究采用了调查设计，以确定尼日利亚阿比亚州（Abia）和伊莫州（Imo）的芋头生产中为增强妇女权能的创业技能。本研究的目的是确定可用于增强妇女在芋头生产中的权能的创业技能，并确定增强妇女在芋头生产中的权能的推广策略。该研究的假设表明，现有的创业技能和增强妇女权能的策略在芋头生产中没有显著的平均差异。问卷是数据收集的工具，在4点测量量表上构建，它以（ ）为切点的4点测量表构建。该工具经两位农业推广和统计专家的同行评审验证。采用Cronbach s Alpha进行信度分析，信度系数rα = 0.83，确定信度指标较高。采用多阶段简单概率和不成比例抽样技术，选择样本量为250。在阿比亚，抽取100名女性芋头种植农民，在伊莫州抽取150名。由抽样地区的推广人员和妇女发展联盟主管等研究助理的帮助下管理和检索了该工具。收集的数据采用频率、均数和推断统计的描述性统计作为0.05显著性水平的t检验进行分析。调查结果显示，创业技能有助于增强妇女的权能，阿比亚州的综合平均值为2.78，伊莫州的综合平均分为3.13。伊莫州妇女比阿比亚州芋头种植农民表现好。还有人指出，伊莫州（ ）比阿比亚州 更多地采用增强女性芋头种植农民权能的策略。平均差异不显著的假设没有被拒绝，因为P 0.05的t = -0.003表明阿比亚洲和伊莫州为使妇女掌握芋头生产的创业技能而采用的策略没有平均差异。得出的结论是，在伊莫州和阿比亚州，女性芋头种植农民的权力较低，获得土地、资金和推广服务的机会较少。但是，在增强妇女在芋头生产中的创业技能方面所采用的策略上，伊莫州芋头种植农民略优于阿比亚州农民。结论是，芋头种植农民在创业技能方面的权能较弱，因此他们获得土地、资金和推广服务的机会较少。研究建议，应雇佣更多妇女到ADP（资源开发方案）的WIA部门，使她们能够充分授权妇女获得创业技能，如农艺和商业技能，以提高芋头产量。
Research on World Agricultural Economy, 2021
The study adopted survey design to determine the entrepreneurial skills for empowering women in c... more The study adopted survey design to determine the entrepreneurial skills for empowering women in cocoyam production in Abia and Imo States of Nigeria. Objectives of the study were to determine the entrepreneurship skills available that are utilized for empowering women in cocoyam production and determine the extension strategies for empowering women in cocoyam production. The hypothesis of the study states that there is no significant mean difference between the available entrepreneurship skills and strategies utilized for empowering women in cocoyam production. Questionnaire was the instrument for data collection constructed on a 4-point measuring scale which has ( as the cut of point. Instrument was validated by peer review of two experts in agricultural extension and statistics. The reliability was achieved by subjecting the data collected from pre-survey to Cronbach’s Alpha which yield a reliability co-efficient rα = 0.83 which affirmed high reliability index. Multi-stage simple...
The study examined the influence of primary Health Care delivery services on the health status of... more The study examined the influence of primary Health Care delivery services on the health status of rural dwellers in Abia State Nigeria. A sample size of 120 respondents selected via multi-stage random sampling technique was used. in selecting .Primary data generated using structured questionnaire and Focus Group Discussion were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency counts, percentages, means, pooled means, and KAP analysis respectively. Result showed a mean age of 25 years, 58.3% were male, and 75% were married. About 61.0% had secondary education, 58.3% were farmers/traders, and earned mean monthly income of N48, 250.00 and had a mean household size of 4 persons respectively. Majority (50.0%) owed water system toilets, and 58.3% sourced their drinking water from boreholes, 75.0% fed 32 meals/day and 83.3% were not registered with NHIS. Result further showed high (X = 3.03) level of awareness on seven out of eight PHC delivery service packages in the study area. Th...
Journal of Agricultural Extension, Feb 5, 2018
Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2019
The study determined the methods for improving capabilities of farmers' utilization of existing a... more The study determined the methods for improving capabilities of farmers' utilization of existing and emerging technologies for cassava production in Enugu State. Multistage sampling procedures was used to select a sample size of 300. Questionnaire was used for data collection which was developed on a 4-point rating scale with reference mean of 2.50. Data were analysed using descriptive statistic: frequency, mean and inferential statistic as the Z-test at 0.05 level of significance. The finding showed that existing technologies were available but emerging technologies were not available for improving farmers capabilities in cassava production with pooled = 3.28 and = 1.40 respectively. Secondly, the farmers utilized existing technologies in cassava production with the pool = 2.86 and coul d not utilize emerging technologies for cassava production with the pooled = 1.60. It was recommended among others that the emerging technologies that were not available for cassava should be provided to enable the farmers to ease of the stress in the use of obsolete existing technologies and also increase cassava production and well-being of the farmers.
Research on World Agricultural Economy, 2021
The study provided an empirical evidence on the use of improved goat production technologies amon... more The study provided an empirical evidence on the use of improved goat production technologies among rural farmers in Abia State, Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of the respondent, ascertain the extent of use of improved goat production technologies, determine factors influencing use of improved goat production technologies and identify the constraint to access and use of improved goat production technologies in the study area. A multi-stage random sampling technique was adopted in selecting the sample size 120 respondents. Data for the study were collected through the use of questionnaire. The data collected for the study were analysed with both descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of the socioeconomic characteristics revealed the mean age of the respondents was 43 years, majority 69.16% of the respondents were married, about 45% had secondary education, a mean household size of 6 persons, majority 66.67% ...
Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2021
The study provided empirical evidence of rural household’s engagement in processing of oil palm p... more The study provided empirical evidence of rural household’s engagement in processing of oil palm produce in South east Nigeria. The study specifically identified the methods of processing oil palm produce, ascertained the level of household’s engagement in oil palm processing, identified the constraints to oil palm processing in the study area. Multi-stage random sampling procedure in selecting 540 respondents. Data for the study were collected with the use of structured questionnaire and analyzed with the use of both descriptive (frequency, percentage and mean) and inferential statistics (ANOVA model). The results showed that 58.1% of the respondents used semi-modern/mechanized in processing of oil palm produce. There was high level of engagement in the processing of oil palm produce (pooled grand mean = 3.67). The result revealed that lack of modern processing equipment (86.5%), instability of government policy (80.0%) and high cost of labour (76.7%) were the major constraints to e...
The Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2018
The study assessed the contributions of rural women entrepreneurs in non–farm and off–farm enterp... more The study assessed the contributions of rural women entrepreneurs in non–farm and off–farm enterprises to household poverty reduction in Abia State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to: examine the socio- economic characteristics of the respondents, identify the non- farm and off- farm activities, ascertain the extent of contribution, and determine the contribution of income from non- farm and off- farm activities to poverty reduction respectively. A sample size of 180 respondents selected via multi stage sampling technique was used. Data generated via the use of questionnaire and were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics respectively. Results showed a mean age of 46 years, 66.7 % were married, 93.8 % were literates with a mean monthly income of ₦23,444.00 and a mean household size of 5 persons respectively. Farm –gate trading (38.9 %), agro- processing (16.7 %), general merchandise (11.1%), restaurants/ bars (16.7 %), civil servants (4.4 %), and others (5...
The study provided an empirical evidence on the use of improved goat production technologies amon... more The study provided an empirical evidence on the use of improved goat production technologies among rural farmers in Abia State, Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were, ascertain the extent of use of improved goat production technologies, determine factors influencing use of improved goat production technologies and identify constraints to access and use of improved goat production technologies. A multi-stage random sampling procedure was adopted in selecting 120 respondents. Data were collected through the use of questionnaire and analysed with frequency, percentage, mean and regression model. Respondents were aware of dipping (100%),deworming (99.2%) fostering of kids (93.3%) and colostrum feeding (71.7%), among others. On extent of use of improved goat production technologies, respondents highly used most of improved goat production technologies [grand mean = X = 3.20]. All the respondents [100%] agreed that lack of access to credit was a constraint to use, 100% agreed...
The study examined the influence of primary Health Care delivery services on the health status of... more The study examined the influence of primary Health Care delivery services on the health status of rural dwellers in Abia State Nigeria. A sample size of 120 respondents selected via multi-stage random sampling technique was used. in selecting .Primary data generated using structured questionnaire and Focus Group Discussion were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency counts, percentages, means, pooled means, and KAP analysis respectively. Result showed a mean age of 25 years, 58.3% were male, and 75% were married. About 61.0% had secondary education, 58.3% were farmers/traders, and earned mean monthly income of N48, 250.00 and had a mean household size of 4 persons respectively. Majority (50.0%) owed water system toilets, and 58.3% sourced their drinking water from boreholes, 75.0% fed 3 2 meals/day and 83.3% were not registered with NHIS. Result further showed high (X = 3.03) level of awareness on seven out of eight PHC delivery service packages in the study area. T...
The Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2018
The study investigated the extent of utilization of medicinal plants among rural household in Imo... more The study investigated the extent of utilization of medicinal plants among rural household in Imo State Nigeria. The study made use of multi- stage random sampling techniques in sampling 120 respondents in the study area. The data for the study were collected with the use of structured questionnaire and analysed using both descriptive (such as frequency, percentages and mean count) Results showed that the available medicinal plants in the study area were pawpaw (100.0%), mango (100.0%), bitter leaf (95.0%), cocoa (81.67%) and Uziza leaf (78.33%, avocado (71.33%) among others. The result further revealed that cocoa (x= 3.47), pawpaw (x= 3.33), avocado (x= 3.25), raphia palm (x= 3.15), bitter leaf (x= 3.10), aloe vera (x= 3.03), uziza leaf (x= 2.93), morringa (x= 2.70) were highly utilized in the study area. Tobit regression analysis revealed that age, household size, farming experience, income and education at significantly influenced the utilization of medicinal plants among the rur...
Journal of Agricultural Extension
The study investigated the extent of utilization of medicinal plants among rural household in Imo... more The study investigated the extent of utilization of medicinal plants among rural household in Imo State Nigeria. The study made use of multi- stage random sampling techniques in sampling 120 respondents in the study area. The data for the study were collected with the use of structured questionnaire and analysed using both descriptive (such as frequency, percentages and mean count) Results showed that the available medicinal plants in the study area were pawpaw (100.0%), mango (100.0%), bitter leaf (95.0%), cocoa (81.67%) and Uziza leaf (78.33%, avocado (71.33%) among others. The result further revealed that cocoa (x̄= 3.47), pawpaw (x̄= 3.33), avocado (x̄= 3.25), raphia palm (x̄= 3.15), bitter leaf (x̄= 3.10), aloe vera (x̄= 3.03), uziza leaf (x̄= 2.93), morringa (x̄= 2.70) were highly utilized in the study area. Tobit regression analysis revealed that age, household size, farming experience, income and education at significantly influenced the utilization of medicinal plants among...
Gender differentials in climate change adaptive capabilities among small-scale farmers in Abia St... more Gender differentials in climate change adaptive capabilities among small-scale farmers in Abia State was assessed using a sample size of 70 male and female respondents each, generated via a multi-stage sampling method. Data were collected from the respondents through the use of questionnaire and interview schedule and analyzed using descriptive statistics and Z Test analysis. Results estimated 46 and 44 years as the mean ages of male and female respondents respectively. About 29%, 43% and 21% of the male respondents and 50%, 36% and 11% of the female respondents were into farming, trading and other professions respectively. Majority (86%) of the male and female (69%) respondents were literates and had mean monthly income of ₦32,871.143 and ₦28,642. 854 respectvely. Result equally, shows a mean farm size of 1.7 and 1.3 hectares for the male and female respondents with mean years of farming experience of 11 years and 12 years also. About 57%, 14%, 12% and 7% of male respondents acquired their farm lands through inheritance, lease, communal ownership, and outright purchase respectively as against 7%, 57%, 7% and 29% for the females. About 90% of the male respondents had between once every 2 years and once every 6 months of extension contacts compared to 82% of the females. Also 86% of the male respondents belong to social associations compared to their female counterparts (93%). Results further shows that a high proportion (X ≥ 50 %) of male and female respondents have high level of awareness on adaptive measures, but negative (X< 2.5) and low practice (X< 2.5) level of adaptive measures on climate change. The study equally shows that there is a remarkable difference between the male respondents' attitude and practice levels and that of females in the study area. Therefore the study concludes that there is gender-gap differences in climate change adaptive capabilities among small-scale farmers in Abia State. The study recommends the need for government agencies and other stakeholders in climate change issues involve both male and females equitably in order to find a sustainable and location specific adaptive measures against negative effects of climate change mostly in the study area.
Journal of Agricultural Extension
The study assessed the perceived effect of cocoa postharvest and value addition technologies in e... more The study assessed the perceived effect of cocoa postharvest and value addition technologies in enhancing rural farmers' productivity in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was employed in the selection of 114 respondents. Data were generated using structured questionnaire and analysed using frequencies and mean. Results reveal that proper harvesting (95.61%), pod breaking (97.37%), fermentation (96.49%), drying (96.49%), sorting as well as grading (93.86%), packaging and storage of cocoa beans (92.98%) were the technologies available to the farmers. They were not trained on how to make chocolate, cocoa powder and cocoa butter. There was high extent of use of harvesting, pod breaking and drying packages and low extent of use of fermentation and grading packages. The perceived effect of these technologies on the cocoa farmers' productivity included reduction in quantity of waste (=3.73) improvement in quality of cocoa beans (=3.58) increased income (=3.09) increase in shelf life of produce, among others. Accessing and using these technologies were faced with such challenges as high cost of machines (100%), lack of technical knowhow (95.61%) and preference of manual processing (92.11%). The study concluded that postharvest and value addition technologies enhance farmers' productivity. It is recommended that postharvest processes be mechanized, cost of machines for further processing and value addition to cocoa beans be subsidized and trainings on value addition be enhanced.
Journal of Agricultural Extension, Oct 16, 2018
This study examined the preference for imported and Nigeria rice among rural households in Imo St... more This study examined the preference for imported and Nigeria rice among rural households in Imo State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to ascertain the level of preference of imported and Nigerian rice, determine the factors influencing household preference of imported and Nigerian rice consumed and to identify the major constraints to the consumption of imported and Nigerian rice in the study area. Multi-stage random sampling technique was used in selecting120 respondents. Primary data were collected with the used of structured questionnaire. Data collected were analysed with both descriptive and inferential statistics. The major findings showed that the grand mean score of 2.67 and 1.60 revealed that the respondents preferred imported rice to Nigerian rice. The major constraints to rice consumption preference for Nigerian rice were presence of husk, dirt and stones (90.0%), poor quality (85.8%), broken grain (75.0%), low swelling capacity (72.50%) breakages (71.60%), lack of competition advantages (68.33%), the constraints to imported rice consumption were high cost (73.33%) and affordability of the products (62.50%). Factors that significantly influence the household consumption preference for imported and Nigerian rice were price (p<0.05), nutritional value (p<0.05), ease of preparation (p<0.01) cleanliness (p<0.01) and taste (p<0.05). The study concluded that rural dwellers still preferred imported rice to Nigerian rice. It was recommended that Nigerian rice producer should improve the quality of the rice for it to have competitive advantage over imported rice. Government should invest in Nigerian rice production by issuing loans to Nigerian rice farmers and encourage mechanization.
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Jul 1, 2021
JCCR | Journal of Community & Communication Research, Jun 30, 2021
Gender differentials in climate change adaptive capabilities among small-scale farmers in Abia St... more Gender differentials in climate change adaptive capabilities among small-scale farmers in Abia State was assessed using a sample size of 70 male and female respondents each, generated via a multi-stage sampling method. Data were collected from the respondents through the use of questionnaire and interview schedule and analyzed using descriptive statistics and Z Test analysis. Results estimated 46 and 44 years as the mean ages of male and female respondents respectively. About 29%, 43% and 21% of the male respondents and 50%, 36% and 11% of the female respondents were into farming, trading and other professions respectively. Majority (86%) of the male and female (69%) respondents were literates and had mean monthly income of ₦32,871.143 and ₦28,642. 854 respectvely. Result equally, shows a mean farm size of 1.7 and 1.3 hectares for the male and female respondents with mean years of farming experience of 11 years and 12 years also. About 57%, 14%, 12% and 7% of male respondents acquir...
Nigeria Agricultural Journal, 2020
The study examined rural community efforts in gully erosion control in Imo state, Nigeria. The st... more The study examined rural community efforts in gully erosion control in Imo state, Nigeria. The study identifiedthe erosion control activities, ascertained the level of participation in gully erosion control activities, examinedthe perceived effects of gully erosion on rural community development and identified factors militating againstthe efforts of rural communities in gully erosion control. Multistage random sampling procedure was used insampling 180 respondents. Data for the study were collected with the use of a well structured questionnaire. Datacollected were analyzed with descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation).Findings showed that long ridges across slope or the ground (55.0%) was the major gully erosion control activity.Respondents participated poorly in erosion control activities (1.7) and strongly perceived the effect of gullyerosion on community development (3.26). Factors militating against rural community efforts on gully erosioncon...
世界农业经济研究, 2021
该研究采用了调查设计，以确定尼日利亚阿比亚州（Abia）和伊莫州（Imo）的芋头生产中为增强妇女权能的创业技能。本研究的目的是确定可用于增强妇女在芋头生产中的权能的创业技能，并确定增强妇女在芋头... more 该研究采用了调查设计，以确定尼日利亚阿比亚州（Abia）和伊莫州（Imo）的芋头生产中为增强妇女权能的创业技能。本研究的目的是确定可用于增强妇女在芋头生产中的权能的创业技能，并确定增强妇女在芋头生产中的权能的推广策略。该研究的假设表明，现有的创业技能和增强妇女权能的策略在芋头生产中没有显著的平均差异。问卷是数据收集的工具，在4点测量量表上构建，它以（ ）为切点的4点测量表构建。该工具经两位农业推广和统计专家的同行评审验证。采用Cronbach s Alpha进行信度分析，信度系数rα = 0.83，确定信度指标较高。采用多阶段简单概率和不成比例抽样技术，选择样本量为250。在阿比亚，抽取100名女性芋头种植农民，在伊莫州抽取150名。由抽样地区的推广人员和妇女发展联盟主管等研究助理的帮助下管理和检索了该工具。收集的数据采用频率、均数和推断统计的描述性统计作为0.05显著性水平的t检验进行分析。调查结果显示，创业技能有助于增强妇女的权能，阿比亚州的综合平均值为2.78，伊莫州的综合平均分为3.13。伊莫州妇女比阿比亚州芋头种植农民表现好。还有人指出，伊莫州（ ）比阿比亚州 更多地采用增强女性芋头种植农民权能的策略。平均差异不显著的假设没有被拒绝，因为P 0.05的t = -0.003表明阿比亚洲和伊莫州为使妇女掌握芋头生产的创业技能而采用的策略没有平均差异。得出的结论是，在伊莫州和阿比亚州，女性芋头种植农民的权力较低，获得土地、资金和推广服务的机会较少。但是，在增强妇女在芋头生产中的创业技能方面所采用的策略上，伊莫州芋头种植农民略优于阿比亚州农民。结论是，芋头种植农民在创业技能方面的权能较弱，因此他们获得土地、资金和推广服务的机会较少。研究建议，应雇佣更多妇女到ADP（资源开发方案）的WIA部门，使她们能够充分授权妇女获得创业技能，如农艺和商业技能，以提高芋头产量。
Research on World Agricultural Economy, 2021
The study adopted survey design to determine the entrepreneurial skills for empowering women in c... more The study adopted survey design to determine the entrepreneurial skills for empowering women in cocoyam production in Abia and Imo States of Nigeria. Objectives of the study were to determine the entrepreneurship skills available that are utilized for empowering women in cocoyam production and determine the extension strategies for empowering women in cocoyam production. The hypothesis of the study states that there is no significant mean difference between the available entrepreneurship skills and strategies utilized for empowering women in cocoyam production. Questionnaire was the instrument for data collection constructed on a 4-point measuring scale which has ( as the cut of point. Instrument was validated by peer review of two experts in agricultural extension and statistics. The reliability was achieved by subjecting the data collected from pre-survey to Cronbach’s Alpha which yield a reliability co-efficient rα = 0.83 which affirmed high reliability index. Multi-stage simple...
The study examined the influence of primary Health Care delivery services on the health status of... more The study examined the influence of primary Health Care delivery services on the health status of rural dwellers in Abia State Nigeria. A sample size of 120 respondents selected via multi-stage random sampling technique was used. in selecting .Primary data generated using structured questionnaire and Focus Group Discussion were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency counts, percentages, means, pooled means, and KAP analysis respectively. Result showed a mean age of 25 years, 58.3% were male, and 75% were married. About 61.0% had secondary education, 58.3% were farmers/traders, and earned mean monthly income of N48, 250.00 and had a mean household size of 4 persons respectively. Majority (50.0%) owed water system toilets, and 58.3% sourced their drinking water from boreholes, 75.0% fed 32 meals/day and 83.3% were not registered with NHIS. Result further showed high (X = 3.03) level of awareness on seven out of eight PHC delivery service packages in the study area. Th...
Journal of Agricultural Extension, Feb 5, 2018
Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2019
The study determined the methods for improving capabilities of farmers' utilization of existing a... more The study determined the methods for improving capabilities of farmers' utilization of existing and emerging technologies for cassava production in Enugu State. Multistage sampling procedures was used to select a sample size of 300. Questionnaire was used for data collection which was developed on a 4-point rating scale with reference mean of 2.50. Data were analysed using descriptive statistic: frequency, mean and inferential statistic as the Z-test at 0.05 level of significance. The finding showed that existing technologies were available but emerging technologies were not available for improving farmers capabilities in cassava production with pooled = 3.28 and = 1.40 respectively. Secondly, the farmers utilized existing technologies in cassava production with the pool = 2.86 and coul d not utilize emerging technologies for cassava production with the pooled = 1.60. It was recommended among others that the emerging technologies that were not available for cassava should be provided to enable the farmers to ease of the stress in the use of obsolete existing technologies and also increase cassava production and well-being of the farmers.
Research on World Agricultural Economy, 2021
The study provided an empirical evidence on the use of improved goat production technologies amon... more The study provided an empirical evidence on the use of improved goat production technologies among rural farmers in Abia State, Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of the respondent, ascertain the extent of use of improved goat production technologies, determine factors influencing use of improved goat production technologies and identify the constraint to access and use of improved goat production technologies in the study area. A multi-stage random sampling technique was adopted in selecting the sample size 120 respondents. Data for the study were collected through the use of questionnaire. The data collected for the study were analysed with both descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of the socioeconomic characteristics revealed the mean age of the respondents was 43 years, majority 69.16% of the respondents were married, about 45% had secondary education, a mean household size of 6 persons, majority 66.67% ...
Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2021
The study provided empirical evidence of rural household’s engagement in processing of oil palm p... more The study provided empirical evidence of rural household’s engagement in processing of oil palm produce in South east Nigeria. The study specifically identified the methods of processing oil palm produce, ascertained the level of household’s engagement in oil palm processing, identified the constraints to oil palm processing in the study area. Multi-stage random sampling procedure in selecting 540 respondents. Data for the study were collected with the use of structured questionnaire and analyzed with the use of both descriptive (frequency, percentage and mean) and inferential statistics (ANOVA model). The results showed that 58.1% of the respondents used semi-modern/mechanized in processing of oil palm produce. There was high level of engagement in the processing of oil palm produce (pooled grand mean = 3.67). The result revealed that lack of modern processing equipment (86.5%), instability of government policy (80.0%) and high cost of labour (76.7%) were the major constraints to e...
The Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2018
The study assessed the contributions of rural women entrepreneurs in non–farm and off–farm enterp... more The study assessed the contributions of rural women entrepreneurs in non–farm and off–farm enterprises to household poverty reduction in Abia State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to: examine the socio- economic characteristics of the respondents, identify the non- farm and off- farm activities, ascertain the extent of contribution, and determine the contribution of income from non- farm and off- farm activities to poverty reduction respectively. A sample size of 180 respondents selected via multi stage sampling technique was used. Data generated via the use of questionnaire and were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics respectively. Results showed a mean age of 46 years, 66.7 % were married, 93.8 % were literates with a mean monthly income of ₦23,444.00 and a mean household size of 5 persons respectively. Farm –gate trading (38.9 %), agro- processing (16.7 %), general merchandise (11.1%), restaurants/ bars (16.7 %), civil servants (4.4 %), and others (5...
The study provided an empirical evidence on the use of improved goat production technologies amon... more The study provided an empirical evidence on the use of improved goat production technologies among rural farmers in Abia State, Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were, ascertain the extent of use of improved goat production technologies, determine factors influencing use of improved goat production technologies and identify constraints to access and use of improved goat production technologies. A multi-stage random sampling procedure was adopted in selecting 120 respondents. Data were collected through the use of questionnaire and analysed with frequency, percentage, mean and regression model. Respondents were aware of dipping (100%),deworming (99.2%) fostering of kids (93.3%) and colostrum feeding (71.7%), among others. On extent of use of improved goat production technologies, respondents highly used most of improved goat production technologies [grand mean = X = 3.20]. All the respondents [100%] agreed that lack of access to credit was a constraint to use, 100% agreed...
The study examined the influence of primary Health Care delivery services on the health status of... more The study examined the influence of primary Health Care delivery services on the health status of rural dwellers in Abia State Nigeria. A sample size of 120 respondents selected via multi-stage random sampling technique was used. in selecting .Primary data generated using structured questionnaire and Focus Group Discussion were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency counts, percentages, means, pooled means, and KAP analysis respectively. Result showed a mean age of 25 years, 58.3% were male, and 75% were married. About 61.0% had secondary education, 58.3% were farmers/traders, and earned mean monthly income of N48, 250.00 and had a mean household size of 4 persons respectively. Majority (50.0%) owed water system toilets, and 58.3% sourced their drinking water from boreholes, 75.0% fed 3 2 meals/day and 83.3% were not registered with NHIS. Result further showed high (X = 3.03) level of awareness on seven out of eight PHC delivery service packages in the study area. T...
The Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2018
The study investigated the extent of utilization of medicinal plants among rural household in Imo... more The study investigated the extent of utilization of medicinal plants among rural household in Imo State Nigeria. The study made use of multi- stage random sampling techniques in sampling 120 respondents in the study area. The data for the study were collected with the use of structured questionnaire and analysed using both descriptive (such as frequency, percentages and mean count) Results showed that the available medicinal plants in the study area were pawpaw (100.0%), mango (100.0%), bitter leaf (95.0%), cocoa (81.67%) and Uziza leaf (78.33%, avocado (71.33%) among others. The result further revealed that cocoa (x= 3.47), pawpaw (x= 3.33), avocado (x= 3.25), raphia palm (x= 3.15), bitter leaf (x= 3.10), aloe vera (x= 3.03), uziza leaf (x= 2.93), morringa (x= 2.70) were highly utilized in the study area. Tobit regression analysis revealed that age, household size, farming experience, income and education at significantly influenced the utilization of medicinal plants among the rur...
Journal of Agricultural Extension
The study investigated the extent of utilization of medicinal plants among rural household in Imo... more The study investigated the extent of utilization of medicinal plants among rural household in Imo State Nigeria. The study made use of multi- stage random sampling techniques in sampling 120 respondents in the study area. The data for the study were collected with the use of structured questionnaire and analysed using both descriptive (such as frequency, percentages and mean count) Results showed that the available medicinal plants in the study area were pawpaw (100.0%), mango (100.0%), bitter leaf (95.0%), cocoa (81.67%) and Uziza leaf (78.33%, avocado (71.33%) among others. The result further revealed that cocoa (x̄= 3.47), pawpaw (x̄= 3.33), avocado (x̄= 3.25), raphia palm (x̄= 3.15), bitter leaf (x̄= 3.10), aloe vera (x̄= 3.03), uziza leaf (x̄= 2.93), morringa (x̄= 2.70) were highly utilized in the study area. Tobit regression analysis revealed that age, household size, farming experience, income and education at significantly influenced the utilization of medicinal plants among...
Gender differentials in climate change adaptive capabilities among small-scale farmers in Abia St... more Gender differentials in climate change adaptive capabilities among small-scale farmers in Abia State was assessed using a sample size of 70 male and female respondents each, generated via a multi-stage sampling method. Data were collected from the respondents through the use of questionnaire and interview schedule and analyzed using descriptive statistics and Z Test analysis. Results estimated 46 and 44 years as the mean ages of male and female respondents respectively. About 29%, 43% and 21% of the male respondents and 50%, 36% and 11% of the female respondents were into farming, trading and other professions respectively. Majority (86%) of the male and female (69%) respondents were literates and had mean monthly income of ₦32,871.143 and ₦28,642. 854 respectvely. Result equally, shows a mean farm size of 1.7 and 1.3 hectares for the male and female respondents with mean years of farming experience of 11 years and 12 years also. About 57%, 14%, 12% and 7% of male respondents acquired their farm lands through inheritance, lease, communal ownership, and outright purchase respectively as against 7%, 57%, 7% and 29% for the females. About 90% of the male respondents had between once every 2 years and once every 6 months of extension contacts compared to 82% of the females. Also 86% of the male respondents belong to social associations compared to their female counterparts (93%). Results further shows that a high proportion (X ≥ 50 %) of male and female respondents have high level of awareness on adaptive measures, but negative (X< 2.5) and low practice (X< 2.5) level of adaptive measures on climate change. The study equally shows that there is a remarkable difference between the male respondents' attitude and practice levels and that of females in the study area. Therefore the study concludes that there is gender-gap differences in climate change adaptive capabilities among small-scale farmers in Abia State. The study recommends the need for government agencies and other stakeholders in climate change issues involve both male and females equitably in order to find a sustainable and location specific adaptive measures against negative effects of climate change mostly in the study area.
Journal of Agricultural Extension
The study assessed the perceived effect of cocoa postharvest and value addition technologies in e... more The study assessed the perceived effect of cocoa postharvest and value addition technologies in enhancing rural farmers' productivity in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was employed in the selection of 114 respondents. Data were generated using structured questionnaire and analysed using frequencies and mean. Results reveal that proper harvesting (95.61%), pod breaking (97.37%), fermentation (96.49%), drying (96.49%), sorting as well as grading (93.86%), packaging and storage of cocoa beans (92.98%) were the technologies available to the farmers. They were not trained on how to make chocolate, cocoa powder and cocoa butter. There was high extent of use of harvesting, pod breaking and drying packages and low extent of use of fermentation and grading packages. The perceived effect of these technologies on the cocoa farmers' productivity included reduction in quantity of waste (=3.73) improvement in quality of cocoa beans (=3.58) increased income (=3.09) increase in shelf life of produce, among others. Accessing and using these technologies were faced with such challenges as high cost of machines (100%), lack of technical knowhow (95.61%) and preference of manual processing (92.11%). The study concluded that postharvest and value addition technologies enhance farmers' productivity. It is recommended that postharvest processes be mechanized, cost of machines for further processing and value addition to cocoa beans be subsidized and trainings on value addition be enhanced.
Journal of Agricultural Extension, Oct 16, 2018
This study examined the preference for imported and Nigeria rice among rural households in Imo St... more This study examined the preference for imported and Nigeria rice among rural households in Imo State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to ascertain the level of preference of imported and Nigerian rice, determine the factors influencing household preference of imported and Nigerian rice consumed and to identify the major constraints to the consumption of imported and Nigerian rice in the study area. Multi-stage random sampling technique was used in selecting120 respondents. Primary data were collected with the used of structured questionnaire. Data collected were analysed with both descriptive and inferential statistics. The major findings showed that the grand mean score of 2.67 and 1.60 revealed that the respondents preferred imported rice to Nigerian rice. The major constraints to rice consumption preference for Nigerian rice were presence of husk, dirt and stones (90.0%), poor quality (85.8%), broken grain (75.0%), low swelling capacity (72.50%) breakages (71.60%), lack of competition advantages (68.33%), the constraints to imported rice consumption were high cost (73.33%) and affordability of the products (62.50%). Factors that significantly influence the household consumption preference for imported and Nigerian rice were price (p<0.05), nutritional value (p<0.05), ease of preparation (p<0.01) cleanliness (p<0.01) and taste (p<0.05). The study concluded that rural dwellers still preferred imported rice to Nigerian rice. It was recommended that Nigerian rice producer should improve the quality of the rice for it to have competitive advantage over imported rice. Government should invest in Nigerian rice production by issuing loans to Nigerian rice farmers and encourage mechanization.