Agriculture Extension & Rural Development
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Item Development of a management plan for 75 hectares of Osogbo forest groves(1996) Adebisi, L. A.; Fawole, O. P.; Olowu, T. A.Item Vegetable farmers' perception of wastewater use in Ojoo Local Government Area (LGA) of Lagos State(2009-01) Fawole, O. P.In Nigeria, as in many other countries, wastewater use in agricultural production by farming households is on the rise and there is a need to draw the attention of key players and urban authorities in fostering appropriate planning initiatives. For this reason, the perception and knowledge of vegetable farmers becomes necessary to improve their production activities and yield. While previous studies have confirmed limited or no awareness information and education to vegetable farmers that engage in wastewater dependent activities there has been less attention to the perception and knowledge of vegetable farmers' use of wastewater. The purpose of this study was to examine wastewater use in vegetable production as perceived by 200 randomly selected farmers in Ojoo LGA in Lagos State. Results indicate significant relationship between farmers' perception and knowledge of wastewater use across 32 perceptual and 22 knowledge dimensions. Respondents' have high perception (96.3%) and knowledge (53.0%) of wastewater use in vegetable production. Regular challenges experienced by these farmers are environmental pollution, fire and disease outbreaks, disputes, and pest infestation while occasional ones include drought, erosion, flood, climatic fluctuations, and unstable market prices.Item Framing of environmental stories in two Nigerian daily newspapers(2009-01) Fawole, O. P.The environment has major impact on the economic, social, cultural and ecological activities of man. Through framing analysis (Inter-coder Reliability Coefficient=.95), this study examined 36 stories each from the Punch and Nigerian Tribune daily newspapers from January 1 through December 31, 2008, to uncover how environmental issues were framed. This was done by investigating what these newspapers emphasized, information sources relied upon, and the slant and frames used in reporting environmental stories. Results indicated that majority (52.8%) of the. headlines were presented from the negative perspective. Victims/eye-witness (Nigerian Tribune=59.5%, Punch=40.5%) were relied upon more than government officials (Punch=60%, Nigerian Tribune=40%) as information sources. The disaster frame (33%) was the most frequently used frame in reported environmental stories as posing high risk to agriculture and humans among the five frames (awareness/campaign = 27.7%, assistance =18.0%, warning/blame = 13.9%, responsibility = 9.7%) that emerged from this study. Overall, environmental issues were presented from the negative perspective, and capable of causing uncertainty and fear among lay public and farmers. The reading audience will continue to lack accurate knowledge and understanding of environment as it relates to agriculture and other economic activities, if journalists continue to cover environmental news that is problematic or associated with risk factors.Item Rural women lifestyles: lessons from Nigeria(Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues C/O Department of Psychology, University of lbadan, 2009-09) Fawole, O. P.Rural women's involvement in family life, social and economic development is growing following efforts to empower them. Efforts of foreign donor agencies, federal and state governments to ensure household food security and reduce poverty have been to establish development initiatives that will ensure rural women's full participation in development. However, most development activities have recorded low rural women's participation. The response of the research community to this low participation of rural women in development activities calls for the documentation of their social and economic activities. This will increase their participation in development activities and enhance gender mainstreaming in the development process. Also, major development initiatives have failed to recognise variations that exist in rural women situations. This study therefore, investigated the lifestyles of rural women in Nigeria using a cross sectional survey. Results indicated that the women surveyed are mostly married, have average age and family size, low education, poor income base and practice a mix of religions. Also results indicated choices, modes and preference in their activities. These are all important variables, which will guide planning and execution of development initiatives and activities and appropriate technologies for rural women in Nigeria.Item Women's contributions to household food security in Oriire Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria(University of Ibadan, 2008-06) Fawole, O. P.Women's activities in Oriire Local Government Area, Oyo state were studied to determine their contributions to household security. The study used interview schedule to collect information from a total of 120 women, randomly selected from each of the 6 communities chosen out of 10. Data were analysed using frequency counts, chi-square and Pearson Product Moment Correlation statistics. Women studied were described as typically middle aged- mainly over 40 years of age (36.7%), married (92%), and have had one or more form of education or the other (80%). Majority of the women are responsible for children's school snack: (83.5%), medical bills (76.7), clothes (73.3), school books (70.8%) and uniforms (53.3%). Also they make farm produce available for household use (76.6%), feed the household (75.8%) and cook their meals (71.7%). Major concerns expressed by these women are inadequate capital base (47%), amenities (30.2%) and agricultural inputs (11.4%). Significant relationships exist between women's educational level and their contributions towards household food security (X2 = 20.7, P = 0.029). Also the women's income generating activities correlated positively with their contributions to household food security (r =0.274, p = 0.05). It is therefore pertinent to-establish agricultural-credit and training schemes that will improve these women's income generating capacities, knowledge base, and leadership skills to enable them make better choices in their production process as these will further enhance the food status of their households.Item Assessment of field maintenance practices of coffea arabica among coffee farmers in Taraba State, Nigeria(Green World Foundation, 2008-11) Agbongiarhuoyi, A. E.; Adeogun, S. O.; Fawole, O. P.This study was conducted to assess field maintenance practices on production of Coffea arabica among farmers in Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nigeria during 2007. Data for the study were obtained from a systematic random sampling of eighty-eight coffee farmers through the use of well structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square. Most (44.3%) of the respondents were 50-69 years old while 56.8 % of them belonged to 3-12 range of family size. Majority (98.9%) of the respondents claimed to be engaged in clearing of coffee farms, 97.7% coppiced old unproductive plot and the same figure harvested coffee berries. Extension workers' contact with farmers (36.4%) was low. The very serious constraints to Coffea arabica production were poor marketing (97.7%) and pricing (95.5%), inadequate' market information (89.8%), high labour cost (84.1%) and weak extension services 67.1%. The significant socio-economic variables that influence field maintenance practices of Coffea arabica include family size, farming experience, coffee beans price, and number of coffee farms maintained (p< 0.05). Good marketing strategies via farmers' group and improved extension contact would sustain Coffea arabica farming among farmers.Item Pineapple farmers’ information sources and usage in Nigeria(Agricultural Academy, Bulgaria, 2008) Fawole, O. P.Pineapple farmers’ access to and use of information have great income generation potentials for farmers, expansion of local industries and foreign exchange earnings for Nigeria This study, thus investigated farmers' information sources and usage. Interview schedule was used to collect data from 119 respondents which constituted 27% of all pineapple farmers in the study area. Results show respondents were mostly male (60%), married (66%), with one form of education or another (X = 3.09, SD = 1.46), and aged 28 years and above (71%). Relationships exist between respondents' selected personal characteristics and information sources and usage, years of farming and farming activities challenges. Pineapple farmers will source and use information from easily available and accessible sources such as radio and newspaper. Improving the knowledge base of farmers' will facilitate information sharing amongst them. Research and extension should therefore develop contents in both radio and newspapers that will expand farmers' knowledge base and practical skills for improved pineapple production.Item Assessment of primary cocoa beans processing methods in Owan west local government area of Edo State, Nigeria(2007) Agbongiarhuoyi, A. E.; Fawole, O. P.This study assessed the primary cocoa beans processing methods in Owan West Local Government Area (OWLGA) of Edo State, Nigeria. Systematic random sampling was used in selecting 125 farmers in three main cocoa producing communities of OWLGA. Data were collected with structured questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation. Age range for majority (56%) of the respondents was 55-68 and 69-82 years. Many (59.2%) cultivated small farms (< 2ha) and 48% had no formal education. All (100%) of sampled farmers identified heap and sun- drying processing methods while they were not aware of the sweat-box, tray and artificial drying methods. A high proportion (98.4%) processed cocoa beans in heaps and all (100%) used sun-drying method. Farm size (0.233) and identified processing methods (0.472) were significantly related to utilization of cocoa processing methods (p< 0.0 1). With adequate Government intervention, the common method (heap) used by farmers should be improved upon while tray method is popularized.Item Constraints to production, processing and marketing of sweet-potato in selected communities in Offa Local Government Area, Kwara State Nigeria(Kalma-Raj, 2007) Fawole, O. P.Offa Local Government Area is one of the major sweet-potato growing areas of Nigeria. Sweet potato is grown mainly on smallholder farms and concentrated particularly in communities in Offa Local Government Area. This study randomly selected 90 small scale farmers purposively from 9 communities to investigate constraints to production, processing and marketing of sweet-potato. Data were collected using an interview schedule. Results indicated that yields of 4-7 tonnes per hectare obtained by smallholder farmers are about 20-35 percent of the crop's potential yield. Reasons for this low output are limited cultivated land, lack of improved practices, poor storage facilities, lack of credit facilities, lack of extension training, poor transportation and high cost of input. Also, marketing of the crop is dominated by middlemen, to whom most of the profit accrue, thereby serving as a disincentive to the smallholder farmers. There is, therefore, a need for adoption of improved production techniques, development of appropriate and affordable storage and processing technologies, more efficient distribution and marketing systems and an effective extension service to improve current sweet-potato production in Nigeria.Item Access to production information among citrus farmers in Atisbo Local Government Area of Oyo State(Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria, 2007) Eniola, P. O.; Fawole, O. P.The study was conducted to determine the level of awareness, access and utilization of sixteen, Citrus production by citrus farmers in ATISBO Local Government Area of Oyo State. Structured interview schedule were administered on sixty citrus farmers who were purposively selected from six communities. Descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution, percentage and rating were used to analyse the data. Ninety eight point three (98.3%) of the respondents were male and 85 percent (85%) were married. The main source of information was village extension agents and contact farmers as indicated by 46.7 percent and 41.7 percent of respondents. Sixty eight percent of the farmers experience low yield of citrus. Level of information awareness, access and utilization of citrus farm practices was low. That is 63.3, 58.86 and 50 percent of the respondents had low scores respectively. The extension agents have been encouraged to release to farmers necessary information that could lead to high citrus production in the area.
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