Constraints to Agricultural Marketing Information’ Accessibility among Cassava and Maize Farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.48165/jes.2024.40.1.1Keywords:
Land ownership techniques, interpersonal communication, Pre-planting operation, insufficient incentivesAbstract
The study examined the constraints to Agricultural Marketing Information (AMI) accessibility among cassava and maize farmers in Oyo State. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 143 respondents. Data on respondents’ access to AMI, purpose and constraint to access AMI, and selected personal characteristics were analysed with percentage, Weighted Mean Score (WMS), Chi-square, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) at 0.05. The result showed that the respondents were adults (65.2%), farming as primary occupation (82.5%), with other sources of income being trading (30.1%). The respondents’ land ownership techniques were the family system (58.0%), with the use of hired labourers (72.0%). The most interpersonal access to AMI was friends and family (WMS=197.9); with the most accessible ICT-based AMI being Radio (WMS=172.0), which was high for 60.1% of the respondents. Pre-planting operation ranked first among the purposes of accessing AMI on farm input sources survey (WMS=181.1), followed by post-harvest AMI on transportation of produce (WMS=166.4) and production AMI on crop cultivation (WMS=158.0). However, the most constraining factor to AMI accessibility was inadequate finance (179.0) and insufficient incentives (160.8); which was low for 51.7% of the respondents. There was a significant relationship between respondents’ secondary occupation (r=34.774), primary occupation (r=19.518), constraint to AMI (r=0.670), and access to AMI. The study concludes that inadequate availability of funds and incentives hinder the respondents’ access to AMI Hence, respondents’ resources should be pulled together for better access to AMI.
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