Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Acquisition of Vocational Skills in Ogoja and Obudu Local Government Areas in Cross River State

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
RA Agbogo ◽  
N Azih ◽  
DU Udama
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Vocational Skills ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

scholarly journals Perception of farmers on the contribution of vegetables to livelihoods in Yakurr local government area, Cross River state, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-91
Author(s):  
J. B Effiong ◽  
C. L Aboh ◽  
C. F Aya
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
Pests And Diseases ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Vegetable Farming ◽  
Fashion Designers

This study assessed the perception of farmers on the contribution of vegetables to livelihoods in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. The study identified the socio-economic characteristics of farmers in the study area, perception of the contribution of vegetables to livelihoods and identified the factors affecting vegetable farming in the study area. Multi-stage sampling techniques were adopted in selecting 126 respondents for the study. Data were collected with the aid of a questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics such as percentage, frequency, mean and ranks. The result of the study showed that majority (75.4%) of the respondents were females. Most of the farmers (41.3%) were aged between 36 and 45 years. Some (44.4%) were involved in the cultivation of only vegetables and had farm holdings of 1-2 hectares. Majority had monthly income of <stike>N</stike>71,000.00 to <stike>N</stike>90,000.00. The result of the type of vegetables grown by the respondents revealed that fluted pumpkin ranked 1st (x=2.68) while Utazi ranked 9th (x=1.93). Also the result of the perception of farmers on the contribution of vegetables to livelihoods of farmers showed that vegetables contributed to the income of respondents for training as fashion designers in the study area and were generally excellent. Factors affecting contribution of vegetables to livelihoods were inadequate land, inadequate finance, pests and diseases among others. Vegetables, therefore played a very important role in the livelihoods of farmers in the study area. The study concluded that vegetables are necessary for the improvement of livelihoods of farmers in Yakurr Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria.

Socio-economic factors affecting training and visit system of agricultural extension among yam farmers in Eket Local Government Area of akwa ibom state, nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-56
Author(s):  
U.B Adie ◽  
N.A. Ayi ◽  
B.A. Bassey
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Low Income ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Government ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

The study broadly examined the socio-economic factors affecting training and visit system of extension among yam farmers in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria The study had three specific objectives, namely: to: describe the socio-economic characteristics of the yam farmer; 2 determine the socio-economic factors affecting training and visit system of extension among yam farmers and describe the problems militating against yam production in the study area. The study adopted a purposive/judgmental sampling technique to select two hundred respondents for the study. Both primary and secondary data were collected and analyzed using descriptive statistics, multiple regression and Likert scale. Data was collected through the use of a set of questionnaires administered to selected respondents. The findings of the socio-economic characteristics of the yam farmers revealed that majority 77.5% were males, with 37% of them being matured adults in the age range of 51 years and above and 66.5% of the yam farmers were married with household size of 4-7 members per family. Majority of the farmers had secondary education (55%), 46.5% had farming experience of 10 years and above with monthly farm income between N20,000 - N50,000 (46.5%). Majority 88.5% of the farmers were Christians and had monthly contact with extension agents (47%). Gender, age, religion, level of education, farm income and maritalstatus statistically and significantly affect training and visit system at 1% and 5% respectively. The major constraints faced by farmers in yam production in the study area were found to include low soil fertility (3.12), low income (2.64) and land tenure system (2.52). It is recommended that in order to improve yam production, the government of Nigeria should provide favourable environment and invest heavily in yam cultivation by providing farm inputs such as fertilizers to smallholder farmers at subsidized rates. In addition, the government should provide more loans to farmers at zero or low-interest rate. Improved extension services should be provided to farmers with new technologies in order to increase their gross margins income. Social amenities and infrastructural facilities such as; good roads network, electricity as well clean sources of water should be provided in rural areas to encourage young and educated men and women to take up yam production. Keywords: Agricultural Extension; Training and Visit , Communication, Farmers, Production, Demonstration

Factors affecting mass media methods of extension delivery system in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-72
Author(s):  
U.B. Adie ◽  
N.A. Ayi ◽  
J.E. Eya
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Cross River State

The study examined the factors affecting mass media methods of extension delivery system in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Specially, the objectives of the study were to describe the socio-economic characteristics of the farmers, access the teaching aids available for mass media method of extension delivery, identify the extension teaching methods exposed to farmers thanmass media and to identify factors affecting mass media method of extension service delivery in the study area. A multi-stage sampling technique was used in selecting 110 respondents from five (5) council wards. Data was obtained from the farmers using a set of structured and validated questionnaires and were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square and likert scale analysis. Majority (58.18%) of the farmers were male, above 50 years (44.55%), married (56.36%) and with a family size of 1-4 (43.64%).Majority (76.3%) are Christians and had obtained their First School Leaving Certificate (54.55%). The result also revealed that the individual methods, group discussions, brainstorming, lecture methods, result demonstration, method demonstration, field trip, panel discussion, seminars and workshops (representing 70%, 53.6%, 70%, 73.6%, 71.8%, 60.9%, 59.1%, 60.9%, 70% and 62.7% respectively) were the extension methods exposed to farmers in the study area. Inability to access timely up-to-date information, unavailability of broadcast facility, lack of feedback, language barriers, time barriers and difficulty in accessing information (mean values being 3.72, 3.68, 3.57, 3.55, 3.54 and 3.51 respectively) were the major factors affecting mass media methods of extension delivery system in the study area. The decision rule (chi square),revealed that four mass media, namely radio (52.510), television (52.510), print media (newspaper) (44.546) and internet (14.546) were highly accessible by the farmers but radio (52.510) and television (52.510) were more highly accessible in the study area while billboards (0.290), magazines (0.582), pamphlets (2.328) and bulletins (1.310) were not accessible by the farmers. Based on the findings, the following recommendations were made: Agricultural Extension Services, including the Ministry of  Agriculture in the state should strengthen the use of radio and television in information dissemination to farmers in the study area. Keywords: Mass media, Extension ,Service delivery, Dissemination, Broadcast, Agriculture

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document