Attitude of Farmers to Training on Herbicide Usage in Ogbomoso Agricultural Zone
Abstract
This study evaluated attitude of farmers to training of herbicide usage in Ogbomoso agricultural zone. Specifically, personal characteristics of farmers, attitude of farmers to herbicide usage and attitude of farmers to training on herbicide usage were investigated. Multistage sampling procedure was employed for this study. The first stage involved random selection of two Local Government Areas from Ogbomoso agricultural zone. The next stage was random selection of two villages from each Local Government Areas. The next stage involved random selection of 30 respondents from each village. A total of 120 respondents were interviewed in this study. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
The farmers educational status includes those who; attended adult education classes (7%), attend primary school but did not complete (20%), completed primary school (5%), completed modern III (17%), did not complete secondary school (27%), completed secondary school (8%) and Tertiary education (7%). The dominant number of respondents strongly agreed (68.3%) that government subsidy will encourage the use of herbicides. Most of the respondents both agreed (4%) and strongly agreed (94%) that proper diagnosis was their attitude to training on herbicide usage. It is concluded that the dominant number of respondents strongly agreed that government subsidy will encourage the use of herbicides. Most of the respondents agreed and strongly agreed that proper diagnosis was their attitude to training on herbicide usage.
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