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Use of Agricultural Programmes’ Technical Information on Adoption of Improved Technologies by Cassava Farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria
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The study on the use of agricultural programmes’ technical information on adoption of improved technologies by cassava farmers was conducted in Ogun State. A two stage sampling procedure was used to select 205 respondents for the study. A well-structured questionnaire and interview guide were used to obtain primary data. The data were analyzed by descriptive (mean, frequency and percentage) and inferential (binary logistic regression and Spearman’s rho) statistics. Based on agricultural programmes’ technical information, 98.3% of respondents participated mainly in IFAD-assisted Cassava Multiplication Programme (ICMP). The improved technology utilized mainly was use of improved varieties of cassava stem for planting. The major effectiveness of agricultural programmes’ technical information showed that respondents’ cassava yields started increasing in quality and quantity with a mean value of4.48. Also, the major factor affecting the respondents’ poor adoption of improved cassava technologies was lack of sustainability from sponsors. Logistic regression showed that extension contact and monthly income at p ≤ 0.01 with training experience at p ≤ 0.05 were the major determinants that positively influenced the adoption of improved cassava technologies. Thus, Spearman’s rho analysis showed that the relationship between the effectiveness of agricultural programmes’ technical information and factors affecting adoption of improved cassava technologies was positive and significant (r = 0.119, p = 0.000) at p ≤ 0.05. It was therefore recommended that those agricultural programmes’ technical information that have high level of utilizations and gave high effectiveness should be developed and modeled for other cash and food crops in the study area.
