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ANALYSIS OF MULTIMEDIA CHANNELS OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO FISH FARMERS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA
| العنوان: | ANALYSIS OF MULTIMEDIA CHANNELS OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO FISH FARMERS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA |
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| المؤلفون: | OYEKUNLE, O., OLAOYE, O. J., LAWAL-ADEBOWALE, O. A., AYANDA, I. F. |
| المصدر: | Journal of Humanities, Social Science and Creative Arts; Vol. 6 No. 1 (2011); 68-80 ; 2315-747X ; 2277-078X |
| بيانات النشر: | Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta |
| سنة النشر: | 2015 |
| المجموعة: | Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta: FUNAAB Journal |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Multimedia, Channels, Fish farmers, Information, Fish farming |
| الوصف: | Fish farmers in Nigeria lack adequate information and their production capacity is low. The study ana- lyzed the multimedia channels of information available to fish farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria. Multi- stage sampling techniques was used to select 120 fish farmers in the study area. Primary data were obtained with interview schedule. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data collected. Most of the farmers (97.5%) were male and married. Many (43.3%) had primary education while 30.9% had no formal education. Majority (76.1%) had radio sets while 45.3% and 28.3% had television and phone respectively. Farmers’ accessibility to information was high in radio (79.2%) and extension agents (73.3%) but low in television, flyers, trainings, phone, internet and fellow farmers. Most of the farmers (85.0%) preferred extension agents, radio (71.6%) and television (68.3%) as their source of information on fish farming. Majority (80.0%) preferred Yoruba as the language of broadcast and pub- lications, 16.7% preferred English while 3.3% preferred Igbo. Most (83.3%) of the farmers regarded lack of electricity as the foremost constraint to their access to information on media. Other constraints identified were non-relevance of information to farmers’ felt needs (73.3%), feedback problem (60.0%), inadequate fund (40.8%) and illiteracy (23.3%). Chi-square analysis showed a significant association 2 at p ≤ 0.05 between farmers’ choice of information channels and age (Ï€=19.60), educational level 2 2 2 2 (Ï€=39.82), years of farming (Ï€ = 20.48), income (Ï€ = 34.03), and media related constraints (Ï€ = 6.92). The study established that age, educational level, years of farming, annual income and con- straints experienced by the farmers played significant roles in their choice and use of information channels, and that, farmers have more access to extension agents as channel of information. It was recommended that more information on fish farming should be provided through the multimedia and be based on farmers’ ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | http://www.journal.unaab.edu.ng/index.php/JHSSCA/article/view/1297/1193; http://www.journal.unaab.edu.ng/index.php/JHSSCA/article/view/1297 |
| DOI: | 10.51406/jhssca.v6i1.1297 |
| الاتاحة: | http://www.journal.unaab.edu.ng/index.php/JHSSCA/article/view/1297 https://doi.org/10.51406/jhssca.v6i1.1297 |
| Rights: | Copyright (c) 2015 Journal of Humanities, Social Science and Creative Arts |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.988868B7 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.51406/jhssca.v6i1.1297 |
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