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Youth farmers’ willingness to Pay for agricultural extension service in Oyo State
(CYIAP Network Publishing, 2018) Adelakun, O. E.; Adeniyi, J. A.
The sustainability of agriculture calls for effective agricultural extension service delivery. However, the public agricultural extension system is grossly ineffective owing to diverse challenges including lack of funding, therefore in searching for new funding and delivery alternatives in addition to government’s input, issues such as willingness of famers to pay are extremely important. This study assessed the willingness of young farmers to pay for agricultural extension services in Ibarapa Areas of Oyo State. The population of the study consisted of all young farmers in Ibarapa Zone of Oyo State i.e. Ibarapa East, Ibarapa Central and Ibarapa North Local Government Area. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select one hundred and twenty young farmers. Data were collected with the aid of interview schedule. Frequency and percentages were used to describe the dependent and independent variables of the study while Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and Chi-square were employed for hypotheses testing. The result of the findings revealed that the mean age was 32±2.8 years, majority (80.8%) were male, married (80.8%) with household size of 1-4. More than half of the respondents (54.2%) had tertiary education. Friends and family (1.85) ranked 1st as respondents’ source of information on agricultural practices. Information on credit sources (0.87) ranked 1st as the preferred agricultural service the respondents were willing to pay for. Also, less than half (47.5%) of the respondents had favourable attitude towards public extension services. However, willingness of young farmers to pay for extension services was high (51.7%). The results also revealed that there was a significant relationship between household size (χ2=9.498, p=0.023), level of education (χ2=17.454, p=0.002) and willingness to pay for extension services. Nevertheless, there was no significant relationship between respondents’ attitude towards public extension service (r=--0.150, p=0.102) and willingness to pay for extension services. The study concluded that young farmers in the study area were willing to pay for extension service.
Youth farmers’ willingness to Pay for agricultural extension service in Oyo State
(2013) Adelakun, O. E.; Adeniyi, J. A.
Digital agriculture technologies have the potential to increase the efficiencies and productivity of farmers. However, the use of these digital technologies requires its users to have some level of digital skills – digital literacy. This study, therefore examined the level of digital literacy of crop farmers in Oyo state. A multistage sampling procedure was used in selecting 120 respondents from the study area. A structured questionnaire was used to collect primary data. Data were analysed using descriptive (frequency, percentage, and mean) and inferential statistics (Chi-square and PPMC) were used. Results reveal that majority of the respondents were male (70%), married (90.8%), had no formal education (42.5%), with a mean age of 56 years and average farming experience of 25 years. About 79.0% had between 0.5 and 8 acres of farmland, 68.3% did not practice mixed farming, 73.3%had never used social media, and 72.5% used feature phones. Furthermore, 57.5% had a favourable perception of the use of digital tools with low knowledge (55%) of basic concepts and processes of digital agriculture and platforms. The level of digital literacy (71.7%) among crop farmers in Oyo state was low. Lack of training to develop digital skills ranked the most severe constraint to digital literacy and usage among respondents. However, the perception of the use of digital tools was favourable. The digital literacy level of crop farmers was generally low. There is a need for government to establish a digital literacy initiative specifically targeted at farmers to develop and improve their digital skills through training.