Browsing by Author "Olooto, Felicia Motunrayo"

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    Analysis and level of use of improved Processing and Storage Facilities among Rural Women in Kwara State, Nigeria
    (Federal University, Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA) Journal of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology., 2023-12-19) Olooto, Felicia Motunrayo; Olatinwo, Latifat Kehinde; Ojo, James Adebayo; Abdulrahman, Ololade Latifat; Akintola, B. O
    This research was carried out to assess the perception andthe level of use of improved processing and storage facilities among rural women in Kwara State. Specifically, the study described socio-economic characteristics ofrural women, assessedthe frequency of use and ascertained perception of women on the use of improved processing and storage facilities. A three stage sampling procedure was used to select 160 rural womenfrom who data was collected using structured interview schedule. Data collected were analyzed using frequency counts, percentages, meanand Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC).Findings revealed that 60.6% were aged above 50years, 79.4% were married,48.8% had no formal education while 62.5% were non-member of cooperative society. PPMC analysis between socio-economic characteristics and the use of improved processing/storage facilities among rural women indicated that level of formal education (p=0.002,r=0.240) and membership of agricultural society (p=003,r=0.237) showed positive significant relationshipwhile age (p=0.000,r=-0.299) and marital status (p=0.000,r=-0.308) showed negative significant relationshipat p<0.05 level of significance.The study concluded that women in the study area were low users of improved processing and storage facilities despite having favourable perception towards using them. It was therefore recommended that extension service should engage in training women and dissemination of affordable processing and storage technologies to the rural communities.
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    PERCEIVED NUTRITIONAL AND MEDICINAL BENEFITS OF COCOYAM AMONG RURAL DWELLERS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
    (International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Bioresearch, 2020) Olooto, Felicia Motunrayo
    The study investigated rural dwellers perception of the nutritional and medicinal benefits of cocoyam in Kwara State Nigeria. Three stage sampling technique was used to select 120 respondents for this study. Objectives of the study were to determine the level of cocoyam consumption among rural dwellers and to evaluate rural dwellers perception on the nutritional and medicinal benefits of cocoyam. Descriptive statistics such as mean, frequency counts, percentages and tables were used to analyze the results of the study. Results revealed that 43.3% of respondents are farmers and 34.2% of them belong to one farmers’ group or the other. Majority (91.7%) of respondents consume cocoyam which they usually obtained through growing (55%), buying (35.8%) and gift (9.2%). The result also showed high percentage (83.3%) of the respondents were aware of the nutritional and medicinal benefits of the consumption of cocoyam. Result showed that respondents perceived the following benefits can be derived from cocoyam: good for people with diabetes (Mean score ( ) =2.55), reduce blood sugar ( ̅=2.52), prevent heart problems ( ̅=2.56) and reduce blood pressure ( ̅=2.71). The study concluded that though the respondents are aware of the nutritional and medicinal benefits of consumption of cocoyam, there is need for more enlightenment on the level of consumption for various categories of health and nutritional status within households. It was therefore recommended that enlightenment programmes on the consumption of cocoyam should be carried out to ensure that the benefits are efficiently derived.