Level of Respondents' Awareness about Extension Activities in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria

Authors

  • Alarape A. B  Department of Basic Science and General Studies, Federal College of Forestry, P.M.B 5087, Jericho, Ibadan, Nigeria.
  • Adedokun S. A  Department of Basic Science and General Studies, Federal College of Forestry, P.M.B 5087, Jericho, Ibadan, Nigeria.
  • Sulaiman O. N  Department of Forestry Technology, Federal College of Forestry, P.M.B 5087, Jericho, Ibadan, Nigeria.
  • Olunloyo A. A  Department of Agricultural Technology, Federal College of Forestry, P.M.B 5087, Jericho, Ibadan, Nigeria.
  • Ogunsola J. O  Department of Agricultural Extension and Management, Federal College of Forestry, P.M.B 5087, Jericho, Ibadan, Nigeria.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRSET196514

Keywords:

Extension, Socio-Economic, Illiterates, Education

Abstract

The study was carried out to assess the extension education needs of crop farmers in Ido local government area of Oyo state. The data were collected using multi-stage techniques to select the sample size of 145 respondents. It assessed the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, their level of awareness in the study area. The data were subjected to descriptive (percentage, frequency and mean) and inferential (chi-square and correlation) statistics. The study showed that most (66.2%) of the respondents were male whose ages range between 30 and 50 years. also, majority (77.9%) were married with household size of between 5-14. Additionally, 50.3% of the respondents were illiterates with years of farming experience of 5 years and above, 50.4% have farm size of above 15 acres of land. The result showed a low respondents’ level of awareness about extension activities in the study area. It is therefore recommended that farmers adult literacy education programmes should be organize to help the farmers.

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2019-10-30

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Alarape A. B, Adedokun S. A, Sulaiman O. N, Olunloyo A. A, Ogunsola J. O "Level of Respondents' Awareness about Extension Activities in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria" International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology (IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 6, Issue 5, pp.91-97, September-October-2019. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRSET196514