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Perceived benefits and use of weather forecast information among arable crop farmers in Ido, Oyo State Nigeria
Abstract
Agricultural production particularly arable crop farming is hinged on favourable weather condition which is often associated with inherent implication. This study therefore examined the perceived benefits and use of weather forecast information among arable crop farmers in Ido Local Government Area, Oyo State. Randomised sampling technique was used to select 50% of registered crop farmers to give a total of 110 respondents in the study area. Data were obtained using structured questionnaire and analyzed with Chi Square and Pearson Product Moment of Correlation (PPMC) for the hypotheses. The results of the finding revealed that majority of the respondents were married (76.4%) males (53.6%) above 50 years of age (38.2%). Also, most (91.8%) of the respondents household size were between 1 to 10 members. The result further revealed that 80.9% of the respondents earned annual income of less than N200,000 and cultivated less than one hectare of land each. Hypotheses of the study further revealed that there were significant relationship between socio-economic characteristics of the respondents and their use of weather forecast information in the area for education (χ2 =29.726, p=0.013), age (χ2 =-0.230, p=0.003) and income (χ2 =-0.313, p=0.000). PPMC analysis showed significant relationship between respondents’ benefits (r=0.397, p=0.000) and use of weather forecast information. In conclusion, it was revealed that education, age and income of the respondents influenced the use of weather forecast. Also, respondents derived enhanced benefits from weather information which influenced their extent of use of weather forecast. It is therefore recommended that both public and private organizations should provide effective weather forecast services to disseminate relevant and timely information useful for arable crop farming.
