https://ijojournals.com/index.php/ar <p>The scope of <strong> IJO - International Journal of Agriculture and Research&nbsp;</strong> <strong>( E:ISSN 2814-189X ) (P.ISSN: 1595-9295)</strong>&nbsp;not limited to the following subject areas: Agronomy, Entomology, Horticulture, Plant pathology, Plant Science, Fertilizers and pesticides, Genetic Engineering &amp; plant breeding, Animal scienceVeterinary Science, Aquaculture/Fisheries, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural machinery, Post Harvest and Quality, Agricultural development, Agricultural Economics, Rural development, Sustainable Agriculture, Organic agriculture, Soil Conservation, Soil Science, Rainwater harvesting and crop water management, Crop Genetics &amp; Breeding, Tillage &amp; Cultivation Agricultural products – Raw Materials, Foods, Fibers, Fuels, Irrigation, Soil &amp; Fertilization</p> IJO JOURNAL en-US IJO - International Journal of Agriculture and Research ( E:ISSN 2814-189X ) (P.ISSN: 1595-9295) <p>Author(s) and co-author(s)&nbsp;jointly&nbsp;and severally represent and warrant that the Article is original with the author(s) and does not infringe any&nbsp;copyright or violate any other right of any third parties and that the Article has not been published&nbsp;elsewhere.&nbsp;Author(s) agree to the terms that the <strong>IJO Journal</strong> will have the full right to remove the published article on any misconduct found in the published article.</p> https://ijojournals.com/index.php/ar/article/view/1174 <p>Garcinia kola (G.kola) is one of the medicinal plants ,which has been used in Africa ethno<br>medicine because of it purgative, ant parasitic, antimicrobial properties. The research tried to<br>assess the perceived health benefits of bitter kola (Garcinia kola) among rural household in<br>Ogbomoso town of Oyo State. One hundred and twenty (120) household were sampled and subject<br>to various analysis, such as OLS regression and descriptive statistics. It is obvious from the<br>regression model estimation of the most important variables (age, gender, marital status, education<br>level, extension agent, amount spent, quantity consumed) that independent variables are main<br>influencing the likehood of bitter kola. The age has positive coefficient (994) suggesting that the<br>more they consume bitter kola the more health benefit they derived. The age is significant at 1%<br>probability level. Gender and education level has a positive coefficient suggesting that higher<br>educational level among the household leadsto increase in health benefits. Education likely equips<br>household with better knowledge of advancing health benefits practices, problem-solving skills,<br>and resource management. More efforts should be intensity by health workers in all our government<br>parastatal, this will increase life expectancy. Few respondents got information just through family members.<br>Among those that have significant impacts extension visit and education. This outcome suggests that<br>education and awareness are vital variables to be considered seriously when policy makers deliberate on<br>way to increase life expectancy of household</p> Amao, S.A Adeagbo, T.A Adedeji, E.P ##submission.copyrightStatement## http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2025-10-23 2025-10-23 8 10 01 12