Access and Use of Information Communication Technology among Pig Farmers in Orlu Local Government Area Imo State Nigeria.

Abstract

The study analysed access and use of ICT among pig farmers in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. The study examined pig farmers level of access and extent of use of ICTs in the study area. The study adopted multi-stage sampling technique and simple random sampling technique were used to select 120 respondents (pig farmers). Data was collected from them with help of structured questionnaire, data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The result revealed that television, radio, telephone, newspaper, video player, CDRom\VCD\DVD, internet, pamphlets and magazine were considered most accessible ICT facilities in the study area. While telephone, radio, television newspaper, pamphlets magazine and computer were considered most utilized facilities in the study area. The Pearson product moment correlation result revealed a significant relationship at 1% level of probability between access to and utilization of ICTs. ICT facilities should be installed very close to the pig farmers especially in the rural area to enable the pig farmers have access to them. Also ICT campaign programmes should be encouraged in the study area to enhance pig farmers access to these ICT facilities in other to facilitate the usage of ICTs

Key words: Access, use, ICT, pig farmers