Browsing by Author "Olooto Felicia Motunrayo"

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    Baseline Survey of Smallholder Fish Farming Enterprise in Moro Local Government, Nigeria
    (IOSR, 2014) Adeniyi Olarinke Victoria; Folorunsho Bamidele; Olooto Felicia Motunrayo
    Fish farming could improve livelihood of rural people and enhance community development. This study, thus, investigated engagement and interest of rural people in fisheries activities in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. 120 questionnaires, which were validated by three co-lecturers and with reliability co-efficient of 0.70, were randomly administered in three selected villages. Response was received from 102 people and the data were analysed using descriptive statistics. Results indicated that about 60% of the respondents, most of which were married, earned monthly income ≤ N18, 000.00. Only 30.4% were engaged in fisheries activities such as fish hunting, fish processing and marketing, of which 2.0% were engaged in fish farming. 96 respondents indicated their interest in fisheries activities out of which 93.8% were willing to engage in fish farming. Lack of technical skills and capital were the main constraints to fish farming by these people. Training on fish farming techniques as well as access to credit facilities of the rural people was recommended. Fish farming could serve as means of employment and income generation resulting to poverty alleviation among the rural people.
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    Factors influencing resilience building for climate change among rice farmers in Niger State, Nigeria
    (2023-12) Obasanjo Ajibade; Yusuf Olayinka Jelili; Olooto Felicia Motunrayo; Adefalu Lateef L
    This study identified factors influencing resilience-building mechanisms to climate change amongst rice farmers in Niger State, Nigeria. Two-stage sampling procedure was used to select 347 rice farmers. A survey research design was used with the aid of an interview schedule to collect primary data. Data collected were analysed using frequency, percentage, mean, and regression tools. Results showed that the use of efficient irrigation infrastructures (x̄=3.71), planting early maturity varieties (x̄=3.63) and planting date/season adjustments (x̄=3.64) were the leading resilience-building mechanisms used by farmers. Regression analysis showed that sex (β=4.264), marital status (β=13.658), years of schooling (β=17.037), annual income (β=2.85E-05), access to loan (β=103.347) and access to extension services (β=44.783) were factors that positively influenced climate resilience mechanisms of rice farmers while household size (β= -1.234), household members involved in rice farming (β= -1.045), and years of experience (β= -0.887) indicated negative influence on climate resilience mechanisms of rice farmers at p ≤ 0.05 level of significance. The study established that several factors affected the climate resilience-building mechanisms of rice farmers in Niger State. Therefore, extension programmes aimed to build farmers’ climate resilience mechanisms should prioritize significant socioeconomic characteristics.
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    Farm practical training and job aspiration of undergraduates of agriculture in universities in Kwara State, Nigeria
    (2018-01-12) Yusuf Olayinka Jelili; Ayanda Ibrahim Folorunsho; Olooto Felicia Motunrayo; Salawu Latifat Ololade; Subair Stephen Kayode
    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. One hundred and twenty final year students who recently completed the FPT were selected from the two universities through multistage sampling. The average age of students 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 remain in agriculture after admission because it is deemed prestigious, while 13% considered it last available opportunity to gain admission and 17% due to its entrepreneurial potentials. Many (69.8%) aspired for agriculture/farming related job, while 12% aspired to work in agro-allied industries. Many (45.8%) had favorable attitude towards the FPT, comprising 35.0% UNILORIN and 10.8% KWASU students. However, more (23.3%) of KWASU students had unfavorable attitude towards 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 UNILORIN (χ2=8.07, p=0.62) and KWASU (χ2=8.60 p=0.38). Although, most of the students aspired to work in agriculture/agro-allied industry, it was however concluded, from the empirical findings, that FPT did not significantly influence their job aspiration.
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    PERCEIVED EFFECTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON SMALL SCALE FARMING ACTIVITIES AMONG HOUSEHOLDS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
    (International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Bioresearch, 2024) Olooto Felicia Motunrayo
    The study assessed the effects of covid-19 on small scale farming activities among households in Kwara State. Specifically, the study described socioeconomic characteristics of farmers, ascertained their level of knowledge about covid-19 and examined attitude of farmers towards use of preventive practices on covid-19. A two-stage sampling procedure was used to select 120 respondents and data was generated with the aid of structured interview schedule. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the objectives while Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to test the hypotheses. Results show that 88.3% of the respondents were male, mean age was 45years, average household size of 8 persons and average farming experience of 12.5years. Most of the respondents heard about covid-19 (99.2%) and farmers practiced safety preventive measures against covid-19 (66.6%). Major challenges farmers experienced during covid-19 include inability to go to the farm (75.0%), reduced/low yield as a result of not planting at the right time (88.8%), increased cost of farm inputs (93.3%) and decrease in income from lower crop yield (91.7%). There was a positive significant correlation between level of knowledge and farmers’ perception of covid-19 effects on small scale farming activities (p=0.000, r=0.370). There was also significant relationship between attitude to use of preventive practices and their perception of the effects of covid-19 on small scale farming activities (p=0.001, r=0.082). The study therefore concluded that farmers’ knowledge on covid-19 and attitude to use of preventive measures are paramount to how they perceive the effects of the pandemic. It was therefore suggested that timely and adequate information on the incidence, spread and prevention of diseases should be made available to people to enhance a positive response towards curbing the pandemic.