African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12496

Full Length Research Paper

Attitude of farmers towards improved agricultural technologies in south-west Nigeria

Ogunsumi, Lucia Omobolanle
Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 25 April 2011
  •  Published: 30 September 2011

Abstract

 

The study on farmers’ attitude towards improved agricultural technologies was carried out to investigate the farmers’  attitudes,  demographic, economic, socio-cultural and environmental characteristics as well as the contribution to sustained use index of these and some other independent variables. Two hundred and eight (208) farmers/respondents consisting of 133 that adopted and sustained the use of agricultural technologies and 75 that abandoned the use of already adopted technologies were selected from 5 zones of agricultural development programmes in Oyo, Osun and Ondo States using a multi-stage random sampling procedure. Structured interview schedules as well as in-depth study devices were used to collect data, which were analyzed using appropriate descriptive and inferential statistics. Sustained users had a higher level of each of these variables. However, it was found that farmers that sustained the use of technologies were not significantly different in the adoption pattern of technology (F = 0.26), extension contact (F = 0.16), attitude towards improved technology (F = 0.21) and organizational membership (F = 1.16) across the states. Agricultural technologies developed and disseminated should meet farmers’ socio-cultural, economic and environmental changing situations and technologies should be cost effective and flexible for result oriented adoption and adaptation is therefore, recommended.

 

Key words: Attitude, farmers, agricultural technologies.