scholarly journals Training needs of melon (citrillus colocynthis (l.) schrad) farmers in Okigwe Agricultural Zones of Imo state, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 62-71
Author(s):  
Angela I. Emodi ◽  
Chinyelu I. Nwokolo ◽  
Joy A. Obiorah
Keyword(s):  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Imo State ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Training Need ◽  
Sales Agents ◽  
And Training ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This study ascertained training needs of melon farmers in Imo State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 100 melon farmers from 10 town communities in the selected rural households. Data were collected through structured questionnaire and analysed using percentage and mean scores. Results from the study showed that the farmers training need in melon production among others were: sourcing of credit facilities ( x̄ =3.65), appropriate market information ( x̄ =3.58) and sourcing and training on fertilizer application ( x̄ =3.50). The main channel of communication among farmers was sales agents (hawkers) and marketers of melon products ( x̄ = 3.06). The major constraints to melon production were inadequate fund ( x̄ = 3.24), poor sales/ pricing system ( x̄ =3.15), low shelf life of processed melon products ( x̄ =3.11). Extension outfits should disseminate information and educate farmers on credit facilities, appropriate market and training on new techniques of how to cultivate melon in and out of season. Keywords: Households, agricultural extension, melon production

scholarly journals Factors influencing input dealers’ performance of extension roles to farmers in Yobe State of Nigeria

Agro-Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-102
Author(s):  
E.O. Owoade ◽  
M. Abubakar ◽  
A.L. Abdulhakeem ◽  
J.A. Akinwale
Keyword(s):  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Agricultural Knowledge ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
And Training ◽  
Structured Questionnaire ◽  
Analyze Data

The study examined factors influencing input dealers’ performance of extension role to farmers in Yobe State of Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted in selecting 86 input dealers. Primary data were collected from them on socioeconomic characteristics, performance of extension roles, sources of agricultural knowledge and training using a structured questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze data. Results showed that input dealers were mostly males (98.8%); young and agile with mean age of 41.8 years, 44.2% had tertiary education but 86.0% had no agricultural qualifications. Although input dealers’ performance of extension roles was high (55.8%), they had low training (68.6%) to boost performance. Significant relationships existed between performance of extension roles and type of trade (χ2 = 25.135, p < 0.05) and membership of input dealers association (χ2 = 12.550, p < 0.05). Also, a significant positive correlation existed between performance of extension roles and training received (r = 0.33, p < 0.05) and sources of agricultural knowledge (r = 0.25, p < 0.05). It was recommended that input dealers should be strengthened to perform extension roles by enhancing their training and access to sources of agricultural knowledge via institutionalized research, extension, input companies and input dealers’ linkage.

Measuring Developers' Software Security Skills, Usage, and Training Needs

2019 ◽  
pp. 260-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tosin Daniel Oyetoyan ◽  
Martin Gilje Gilje Jaatun ◽  
Daniela Soares Cruzes
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Software Security ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Practical Skills ◽  
Divine Intervention ◽  
Development Organizations ◽  
Secure Software ◽  
Training Need ◽  
And Training

Software security does not emerge fully formed by divine intervention in deserving software development organizations; it requires that developers have the required theoretical background and practical skills to enable them to write secure software, and that the software security activities are actually performed, not just documented procedures that sit gathering dust on a shelf. In this chapter, the authors present a survey instrument that can be used to investigate software security usage, competence, and training needs in agile organizations. They present results of using this instrument in two organizations. They find that regardless of cost or benefit, skill drives the kind of activities that are performed, and secure design may be the most important training need.

A Lightweight Measurement of Software Security Skills, Usage and Training Needs in Agile Teams

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tosin Daniel Oyetoyan ◽  
Martin Gilje Jaatun ◽  
Daniela Soares Cruzes
Keyword(s):  
Software Security ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Engineering Process ◽  
Application Security ◽  
Security Practices ◽  
Abstract Level ◽  
Agile Software ◽  
Training Need ◽  
And Training ◽  
Agile Teams

Although most organizations understand the need for application security at an abstract level, achieving adequate software security at the sharp end requires taking bold steps to address security practices within the organization. In the Agile software development world, a security engineering process is unacceptable if it is perceived to run counter to the agile values, and agile teams have thus approached software security activities in their own way. To improve security within agile settings requires that management understands the current practices of software security activities within their agile teams. In this study, the authors have used a survey instrument to investigate software security usage, competence, and training needs in two agile organizations. They find that (1) The two organizations perform differently in terms of core software security activities, but are similar when secondary activities that could be leveraged for security are considered (2) regardless of cost or benefit, skill drives the kind of activities that are performed (3) Secure design is expressed as the most important training need by all groups in both organizations (4) Effective software security adoption in agile setting is not automatic, it requires a driver.

scholarly journals Extent of Utilization of Medicinal Plants among Rural Households in Imo State, Nigeria

1970 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-160
Author(s):  
Samson Ejike Onu ◽  
Grace O. Mbah
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Aloe Vera ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Tobit Regression ◽  
Imo State ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Tobit Regression Analysis ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

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 the rural households in the study area. The study recommended that the conservation of medicinal plants should be pursued vigorously by both government and individuals via establishment of botanical gardens and horticultural centres in order safe guard them from indiscriminate use, overexploitation and destruction.Key Words: Medicinal plants, Availability and Rural households.

scholarly journals Factors Determining Continuous Tractor Use in Benin Republic

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 115-124
Author(s):  
Ephrème Dossavi Dayou ◽  
Emmanuel A. Ajav ◽  
K.L. Barnabé Zokpodo ◽  
A. Isaac Bamgboye ◽  
L. Romain Glèlè Kakaï
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Socioeconomic Characteristics ◽  
Agricultural Equipment ◽  
Injection Pump ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Fuel Filter ◽  
Continuous Use ◽  
Benin Republic ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This study investigated the factors determining continuous tractor use in Benin. A multi stage sampling procedure was used to select tractor users in the country. A total of 203 households using agricultural machinery were surveyed through interviews and using a structured questionnaire. The information concerned socioeconomic characteristics, the equipment used and agricultural production. The logit model was used for data analysis. About 75% of tractor owners use it for service delivery, while 71.4% of them possess their own land. Continuous use of tractor is significantly influenced by the number of hours for one hectare tilled, the total area tilled per year as well as the tractor age. Moreover, the tractor brands available in the country also influenced tractor use. The hierarchized failures were hydraulic lifting pump (16.4%), fuel filter (14.6%), clutch disc failure (9.9%), breakage of plough (8.8%) and injection pump (7.6%). The future of agricultural equipment use can now be anticipated and take action to deal with any tractor use difficulties for sustainable agricultural extension in Benin. Keywords: Farm machinery, adoption, failure, Benin Republic.

scholarly journals Profit efficiency among catfish farmers in Benue State, Nigeria

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (54) ◽  
pp. 6759-6775
Author(s):  
PT Tsue ◽  
◽  
WL Lawal ◽  
VO Ayuba
Keyword(s):  
Computer Software ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Important Variable ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Profit Efficiency ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Short Run ◽  
And Training ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The study examined profit efficiency among catfish farmers in Benue State of Nigeria using a stochastic profit frontier approach . A multi- stage sampling technique was used to collect data from 143 catfish farmers through a well structured questionnaire. T he study used a Cobb- Douglas stochastic profit frontier function to analyze the data and was estimated using a computer software, FRONTIER 4.1 version. The estimated elasticity parameters of variables with respect to g ross profit of catfish farmers revealed the significance of all the independent variables included in the stochastic profit function. However, the number of ponds (-0.02), cost of feed ( -0.30), cost of fingerlings ( -0.11) and cost of hired labour ( -0.004) had an inverse relationship with the profit of farmers with cost of feed being the most important variable decreasing the prof it of farmers in the study area. The negative elasticity of number of ponds with respect to farmers’ profit was likely due to under -utilization of ponds capacity. The result further indicated that the kilogramme of catfish produced (elasticity of 1.43) was the most important variable determining profit in catfish farming in the study area. Analysis of profit efficiency revealed a varied (23 -99%) profit efficiency of the farmers with a mean value of 0.84. This implies that the farmers were able to obtain a little above 80 percent of their potential profit from a unit mix of inputs. This means that about 16 percent of the profit is lost due to inefficiency of management. Thus, in the short run there is scope for increasing profit from catfish production by 16 percent by adopting the technology and the techniques used by the ‘best practiced’ catfish farmers. Analysis of the factors influencing profit efficiency revealed that while age of famers, farming experience and duration of culture positively influence d profit efficiency, years of education, off -catfish -farm income, and training negatively influenced profit efficiency. The policy implication of these findings is that profit inefficiency in catfish production can be reduced significantly overtime as the farmers get more experienced a nd a more conducive environment is created , to encourage more aged farmers to be involved in catfish production in a bid to alleviate poverty and food insecurity in the state and the country at large.

scholarly journals Identification of Training Needs of the Coconut Growers in Sri Lanka

CORD ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Chaminda S. Herath
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Quadrant Analysis ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Development Officers ◽  
Training Need

The coconut farming sector in Sri Lanka has been facing many problems which eventually led to a decrease in production and profitability in coconut farming. The main reason for the decrease in production has been the non adoption of scientific technologies primarily due to the lack of technical knowledge of coconut growers on scientific cultivation practices. Hence, a study was undertaken to assess the technical knowledge and the level of adoption of management practices with a view to identify and prioritize the training needs of coconut growers’. Training needs of the growers were assessed using the Borich Needs Assessment Model. The identified training needs were filtered by quadrant analysis. The discrepancy score of grower’s and the coconut development officers’ of the three districts were used as the dimensions of the quadrant analysis. The training needs were identified under four categories namely, planting practices, fertilizer application practices, agronomy practices and pest management practices. The study revealed that the most knowledgeable aspect was the planting practices and the least knowledgeable was the pest management practices, as evidenced by higher level of adoption of planting practices and the least adoption of pest management practices. It was concluded from the study that the most desirable training need was on the pest management practices followed by fertilizer application practices in the coconut triangle of Sri Lanka.

scholarly journals Consumers’ Perception and acceptability of Nigerian rice in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Jemimah Timothy Ekanem ◽  
Idongesit Michael Umoh ◽  
Edidiong Mfon Bassey
Keyword(s):  
Target Population ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Product Availability ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Index Value ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The study examined consumers’ perception and acceptability of local rice brands produced, processed and packaged in Akwa Ibom State. The target population for the study comprised all the local rice consumers in the various households of the study area. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used in selecting 340 respondents for the study. Data were collected with the use of structured questionnaire and analysed using, means, standard deviation and rankings. Findings showed that consumers’ perception of local rice in the study area was highly positive. The respondents perceived that local rice is tasty ( x̄ =3.63), both the rich and the poor have access to local rice ( x̄ =3.63), the rice has high nutritive contents ( x̄ =3.56) and is cheaper when compared to foreign rice ( x̄ =3.54). Also, respondents demonstrated good level of acceptability of local rice with an index value of 0.4029. Since the perception of the respondents promotes acceptability of the locally produced rice, more should be done to promote the positive perception while increasing acceptability level of the respondents through improvement of the quality of local rice produced by the state, product availability, advertisement, brand promotions and of course improved packaging of the rice products. Keywords: Perception of Nigeria rice, acceptability of local rice in Akwa Ibom State

scholarly journals Self-esteem of agriculture students at the University of Ibadan and the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Idris Olabode Badiru ◽  
Funmilola Omolola Oguntala ◽  
Mohammed Kabiru Sanusi
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Southwestern Nigeria ◽  
Agriculture Students ◽  
School Counsellors ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Ibadan ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The study investigated self-esteem of agriculture students of the University of Ibadan and the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta in Southwestern, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 117 and 124 students from the conventional university and agriculture-based university respectively. A structured questionnaire was used in data collection and analysed with percentages, Chi-square, PPMC and independent t-test. The students from the University of Ibadan (UI) preferred medicine (x̄ = 1.14), had unfavourable perception (87.2%) about agriculture and low self-esteem (85.5%) while students from the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) preferred agriculture (x̄ = 1.48), had favourable perception (82.7%) about agriculture and high self-esteem (89.5%). Self-esteem was significantly related to family structure and preferred course of study in UI while sex and perception towards agriculture is significantly related to self-esteem of students in FUNAAB. There were significant differences in self-esteem of students in UI and FUNAAB and that of 100 level and 500 level students in UI. School counsellors should promote careers and opportunities in agriculture to make it popular and attractive to the students.

scholarly journals Knowledge of extension agents on climate smart agricultural initiatives in South-West Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluwasogo David Olorunfemi ◽  
Temitope Oluwaseun Olorunfemi ◽  
Oladimeji Idowu Oladele ◽  
James Olorunfemi Malomo
Keyword(s):  
Scale Up ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Extension Agents ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
South West ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Climate Change Risks ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Frequency Counts ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This study examined the knowledge level of extension agents on six classes of climate smart adaptation initiatives (CSAI). A multi-stage sampling procedure was utilized to collect data from 277 agents in South-West Nigeria with the aid of a structured questionnaire. Data were descriptively analysed using frequency counts, percentages and means. The result showed that extension agents were knowledgeable on crop-mix (56.3%) and tillage-smart (53.4%) related initiatives with more than half of them scoring above the mean benchmark. However, they had a low knowledge level on the majority of the water management (59.2%), fossil-burning (94.2%), soil (75.8%), ICT and other adaptive initiatives (98.9%) as the majority of them scored below the mean benchmark for each of these categories. Seminars and workshops should be provided by extension organizations for these agents to upgrade their knowledge on these initiatives, thus positioning them to effectively be able to render needed advisories to farmers. This will equip farmers to be adept in responding adequately to managing climate change risks and also scale-up their use of CSAI.

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