Browsing by Author "Ayanda, I. F"

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    ASSESSMENT OF ARTISANAL FISHERY ACTIVITIES AMONG FISHERFOLK IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
    (2021) Zakariyah, T. A; Ayanda, I. F; Olatinwo L. K
    Fish is a veritable source of high quality protein, essential vitamins and minerals that are crucial to metabolic activities in human system. Artisanal sector is faced by so many problems such as use of crude fishing gears, inadequate credit facilities and high rate of poverty among fisherfolk. Therefore, the study assessed artisanal fishery activities among fisher folks in Lagos State, Nigeria. A well structured interview schedule was conducted to elicit information from 200 artisanal fisherfolk using multistage sampling techniques. Findings from the study showed most of the artisanal fishermen were youth, male, egun ethnic group and few with formal education. Consequently, the artisanal fisherfolk are highly skilled and experience. Furthermore, majority revealed that friends, family, fishing festivals and colleagues were the major source of accessing information on artisanal fishing. However, the major constraints hindering artisanal fishing activities include inadequate extension contact, low fish catch and inaccessibility to credit facilities. The study recommend that extension arm of the government should deploy extension personnel to train the fisherfolk the use of improved techniques or methods so as to increase the skills of the fisherfolk. This will enhance fish catch by the fisherfolk. In addition, Federal Government should come out with stable policy guideline to enable commercial banks disburse loans to the artisanal fisherfolk at a very low interest rate, in order to help them expand their production capacity.
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    Benefits Associated with Integrated Farming System Practice Among Farmers in Kainji Lake Basin, Niger State, Nigeria
    (2020) Ayanda, I. F; Yusuf, O. J; Subair, S. K; Haliru, M. A.; Adewumi, I. I
    The study examined the benefits associated with integrated Farming System (IFS) among farmers in Kanji Lake Basin, Niger State. Specifically, channels of receiving information about IFS were identified; benefits of the IFS practice determined and constraints inhibiting spread of IFS were also identified. A three-stage sampling technique was used to select 150 respondents. Structured interview schedule was used for data collection while frequency counts, mean score, bivariate correlation and chi-square were used for data analysis. Results reveal that 39.3% of the respondents had formal education while 50.0% had fishing as the primary means of livelihood. Friends and relations ranked highest (x̅ =2.9) as the major source of information on IFS, while National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research (NIFFR) (x̅ =2.8) ranked second highest. The most important constraints of IFS were high cost of inputs with (2.8) unavailability of inputs and complexities of the techniques of IFS (x̅ =1.9). Main benefits associated with IFS included tremendous improvement in farmers’ means of livelihood’ with weighted mean score (x̅ =1.8), increase in income of farmers (x̅ =1.7), increase in yield of fish (x̅ =1.7) and increase in rice yield (x̅ =1.6). Based on findings of the study, it was concluded that IFS have the potentials to increase agricultural production, income and overall standard of living of the farmers. It was recommended that extension organisations should create more awareness and train farmers on the use of IFS techniques.
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    Farm Practical Training and Job Aspiration of Undergraduates of Agriculture in Universities in Kwara State Nigeria
    (Association of African Universities, Accra, Ghana, 2017) Yusuf, O. J.; Ayanda, I. F; Olooto, F.M; Salawu, L. O.; Subair, S. K.
    The study investigated whether Farm Practical Training (FPT) is significantly associated with job aspiration of Undergraduate students comparing results of empirical evidence between two Universities in Kwara State, Nigeria. Specifically, students preferred courses of study were identified, and their attitude towards FPT and job aspiration were determined. 120 final year students who recently completed the FPT were selected from the two Universities through multistage sampling. Average age of student was 23.5 years with standard deviation of 2.4. Less than half (40%) preferred agriculture as course of study, while 38% preferred science and 5% medicine. About 32% decided to stay on in agriculture after admission because it is deemed prestigious, 13% due to being last available opportunity to gain admission and 17% because of its entrepreneurial potentials. Many (69.8%) aspired for agriculture/farming related job, while 12% aspired to work in agro-allied industries. While many (45.8%) had favorable attitude towards the FPT, comprising 35.0% UNILORIN and 10.8% KWASU students, more (23.3%) of KWASU students had unfavorable attitude towards the FPT compared to 5% UNILORIN students in this category. There was no significant association between students attitude towards FPT and their job aspiration in both institutions (UNILORIN χ2=8.07, p=0.62; KWASU χ2=8.60 p=0.38). Although, most of the students aspired to work in agriculture/agro-allied industry, it could not be concluded from the findings of the studies that FPT did significantly influence their job aspiration.
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    FARMERS’ PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS OF SERVICES RENDERED BY PUBLIC EXTENSION ORGANIZATIONS IN KWARA STATE NIGERIA
    (2024) Olatinwo, L. K; Ayanda, I. F; Yusuf, O. J; Abdulrahaman, O.L; Komolafe S. E; Lawal, F.K
    This study investigated the perceived effectiveness of public extension services among maize based farmers in Kwara State, Nigeria. The study employed descriptive research design. An interview schedule was used to collect data. Content validity was used to validate the instrument while reliability was ascertained through test retest method having gotten a correlation coefficient of 72% reliable. Four stage sampling was employed to select respondents. Firstly stage involved a purposive selection of 3 ADP zones namely: Zone B, C and D. Second stage involved the selection of eight blocks, and third stage involved random selection of 10 prominent maize farming communities. Total population of ADP contact maize based farmers in the selected communities was 695 where 36.5% was selected at the fourth stage to give 254 respondents. Collected data were analysed with the use of frequency counts, percentages, mean score, standard deviation, linear regression and chi-square statistical tools. Findings showed that maize based farmers were mainly male (93.3%), married (87.8%), and educated (86.2%). Many (63.0%) of the respondents perceived the effectiveness of services provided by public extension organizations was moderate. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the socio-economic factors (years of schooling and access to extension services) predicted 22.2 percent of farmers’ perception of the effectiveness of extension services provided by public extension organizations. The study concluded that farmers perceived extension services provided by public extension organizations were moderately effective. This study recommends a functional public-private extension approach for effective extension services to farmers in Kwara State.
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    Livelihood diversification amongst pastoralists and conflict with arable crop farmers: empirical evidence from Kwara State, Nigeria
    (2017) Yusuf, O. J.; Ayanda, I. F; Olooto, F. M; Salawu, O. L
    The study identified causes of conflicts, settlement pattern of pastoral farmers and analyzed the influence of livelihood diversification on conflicts between pastoralists and indigenous crop farmers. Using multistage sampling procedure to select 280 respondents, data were collected by means of structured interview schedule and analyzed by frequency distribution, Pearson Correlation and one-way ANOVA. Results show that high pressure on land (WMS = 4.87) and unfavourable land tenure system (4.56) mainly caused the conflicts. Crop and pastoral farmers had an average farm size of 2.9ha and 1.7ha, respectively. Majority (75.5%) of pastoralists were engaged in crop production, while only 12.1% of crop farmers were involved in livestock rearing. Also, 57.9% and 32.9% amongst crop farmers and 14.2% and 15.0% amongst pastoral farmers were involved in trading and commercial (vehicular) transport business, respectively. Furthermore, 16.4% and 7.9% of the pastoralists lived in mud and block- walled houses with corrugated iron sheets, respectively. Transformational approach was identified as most acceptable solution of conflict resolution by both crop and pastoral farmers. There was a significant difference between farm size (F=9.33) and educational level (F=8.93) of crop and pastoral farmers. There was also a significant relationship between cause of conflicts and pastoralists’ livelihood diversification (r=0.74) and number of years’ of pastoralists in settlement (r=0.29). The study concluded that increasing involvement of the pastoralists in crop production, involvement in other employment opportunities and erection of permanent building structure ignited unhealthy rivalry between the two groups.