Farmers' use of phone applications in accessing information for maize production in Kwara state, Nigeria.
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2024-12-15
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This assessed the the farmers' use of phone applications to access information for maise production in Kwara State. Data for the study were analysed using descriptive statistics, likert scale, and Pearson Product Correlation (PPMC). A simple random sampling was used to select 120 maize farmers from 6 villages in both Omupo and Ajase-Ipo districts. The study revealed that 83.3% of the maize farmers were males with an average of 37.6, and 83.3% were mar-ried, with an average of 12 years of schooling. The average house-hold size was 7 persons while the number of years of experience was 11 years. The study also revealed that the most common way of ac-cessing information was through voice calls, radio, and WhatsApp, with all the respondents choosing both of these sources. The study al-so showed that poor internet networks on field/farm sites, with a mean score of 2.59 were the most glaring effect of the use of phones to access information on maise production, while the high cost of mobile smart/android phones with a mean score of 2.58 was one of the mitigating factors. The major constraint of using phone fea-tures/applications to access information was that smartphones use a bunch of data bundles and cost implications with a mean score of 2.61. The results of the hypothesis showed a significant relationship between socioeconomic characteristics and farmers' use of phone ap-plications in accessing information for maise production. Data sub-scriptions on customised phones can also be made affordable for farmers.
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44. L. K. Olatinwo, O. J. Yusuf, and M. J. Wahab (2024) Farmers' use of phone applications in accessing information for maize production in Kwara state, Nigeria. Journal of Kerbala for Agricultural Sciences 11(4): 44-56. Published by the College of Agriculture, University of Kerbala, Iran. https://journals.uokerbala.edu.iq/index.php/Agriculture/article/view/2787/1429