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2. Academic encounters in the realm of Spartan educators: George Harold Axinn
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Byrnes, Kerry J. (author)
- Format:
- Biography
- Publication Date:
- 2016-08
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07895
- Notes:
- In the e-book: Kerry J. Byrnes, Giants in their realms: close encounters of the celebrity kind. Posted on the website of Okemos High School Alumni, Okemos, Michigan. 8 pages.
3. Adoption of organic agricultural technologies: implications for radio farmer agricultural extension programmes in Imo State, Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Treinen, Sophie (author)
- Format:
- Conference paper
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- The International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10917
- Notes:
- 14 pages., via IAALD website., The study determined farmers’ adoption of Organic agricultural technologies disseminated via radio farmer agricultural Extension programme in Imo state, Nigeria. An interview schedule was used to collect data from a sample of 200 farmers. Results show that radio farmer broadcast and co-farmers were the major sources of information to greater proportion of the farmers. Data on relevance of the organic agricultural technologies disseminated showed that almost all the technologies were perceived to be relevant except the use of biological pest control farming. The radio farmer agricultural programme enhanced the extent of adoption of organic agricultural technologies namely; crop rotation practice, planting of indigenous varieties, application of compost, mulching of crops, intercropping, mixed cropping, crop residues, animal manuring, planting of legumes, green manure, off farm organic waste, minimum tillage and alley cropping. Nevertheless, the adoptions of the technologies were generally low. Age, farming experience and social participation significantly influenced adoption of organic agricultural technologies disseminated via radio farm agricultural Extension programme. Major constraints identified include short duration of programme, inappropriate scheduling of programme, inability to ask relevant questions and get feed back from the radio presenter. The study recommends among other things the rescheduling of the radio programme to very late in the evenings when the farmers will be opportune to listen to the programme.
4. Analysis of Village Extension Agents' Access and Use of Information and Communication Technology in Delivery of Extension Services in the Central Agricultural Zone of Plateau State, Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Vihi, S.K. (author), Tor, L.G. (author), Jesse, B. (author), Dalla, AA.. (author), Onuwa, G.C. (author), and Haroun, M. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-10-21
- Published:
- Russia: iVolga Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12427
- Journal Title:
- Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol.118(10
- Notes:
- 11 pages, This study examined village extension agent’s access and use of information and communication technology in extension services delivery to farmers in Plateau State, Nigeria. The population for the study consisted of all the village extension agents (VEAs) of the Plateau Agricultural Development Program (PADP) in the central agricultural zone of the state. Multistage sampling technique was employed in selecting the respondents for the study. Primary data were collected through the administration of questionnaires and interview techniques and were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings from the study shows that majority (77%) of the sampled village extension agents (VEAs) were males with a mean age of 43 years, Majority (87%) of the respondents were married with a mean household size of 4 persons. The study also showed that majority (80%) of the VEAs had tertiary education with a mean working experience of 13 years and average monthly income of ₦64875. The result also shows that four (4) out of the seven (7) listed ICT facilities were adjudged the ICT facilities accessible to VEAs in the study area having had mean values above the discriminating index (x̅ =2.50). They included; GSM (phone) (x̅ =3.94), radio (x̅ = 2.83), television (x̅ = 2.73) and computer (x̅ = 2.68). Based on 2.50 discriminating index, only two out of seven listed conventional ICT facilities had mean values above the discriminating index (x̅ 2.50) and thus were adjudged the ICT facilities used by VEAs. The GSM (phone) had the highest mean value of 3.62 followed by radio with mean value of 2.54. The logit regression result shows that coefficients of years of working experience and monthly income were significant and positively related to ICT use, while age and complexity in use of ICT were significant and negatively related to ICT use. Major constraints to use of ICT by VEAs includes; lack of administrative support in provision of ICT (87%), lack of in-service training on ICT use (66%), Poor salary/remuneration (64%), lack of awareness of ICT importance in extension (56%) among others. The study recommends intervention, serious synergy, and proactive response on the part of the government, non-governmental organization,s and extension organizations in ICT provision and training of VEAs on ICT use as well as stepping up campaigns on the importance of ICT use in agricultural extension delivery.
5. Assessing the knowledge level of beekeepers on improved beekeeping management practices in peri-urban areas of southwestern Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ogunjimi, Sunday I. (author), Ajala, Abiodun O. (author), and Egbunonu, Chinwe (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Published:
- Nigeria
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: D08715
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Information
- Journal Title Details:
- 17(2-3) : 162-173
6. Assessment of communication competence of agricultural extension workers in Benue State, Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Demenongu, Torjape S. (author), Okwu, Oto J. (author), and Okwoche, Victoria A. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10477
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural & Food Information
- Journal Title Details:
- 16(2): 163-173
- Notes:
- 12 pages., via online journal., The study assessed the communication competence of agricultural extension workers in Benue State, Nigeria. Ninety-three respondents were selected and studied using stratified and random sampling techniques. Data were collected from the use of a well-structured questionnaire. The results obtained revealed that the majority (57%) showed a low level of communication knowledge/skill. Logit regression statistics showed significant effect of respondents’ educational qualification, work experience, and rank (salary grade level) on their communication competence at 5% level of probability. It is therefore recommended that Benue State Agricultural and Rural Development Authority should adequately train their staff so as to correct their low communication knowledge/skill.
7. Communications in Extension for the North Central State of Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bakori, M. D. (author), Copeland, Ann (author), Diedrich, John (author), Huff, Jim (author), and Slater, Kay (author)
- Format:
- Class report
- Publication Date:
- 1973-01
- Published:
- Nigeria
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09989
- Notes:
- This file, maintained in the ACDC collection, is from a broader set of related correspondence and other project materials. They are maintained in International Section files of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois. The file title is "Bakori - Nigeria.", Task force report for Agricultural Communications 300 course, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, Urbana. 15 pages., Represents an unusual approach to a special problems course. The team members included Mr. Bakori (Nigerian extension demonstration leader analyzing extension and communications in the U. S.) and U. S. students analyzing extension and communications in Nigeria. The team developed a 10-year plan for Mr. Bakori's office.
8. Design of Digital Agricultural Extension Tools: Perspectives from Extension Agents in Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Oyinbo, Oyakhilomen (author), Chamberlain, Jordan (author), and Maertens, Miet (author)
- Format:
- unknown
- Publication Date:
- 2020-03-20
- Published:
- International: Wiley Online
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12210
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 71, No. 3
- Notes:
- 17 Pages., Given the marked heterogeneous conditions in smallholder agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, there is a growing policy interest in site-specific extension advice and the use of digital extension tools to provide site-specific information. Empirical ex-ante studies on the design of digital extension tools and their use are rare. Using data from a choice experiment in Nigeria, we elicit and analyze the preferences of extension agents for major design features of ICT-enabled decision support tools (DSTs) aimed at site-specific nutrient management extension advice. We estimate different models, including mixed logit, latent class and attribute non-attendance models. We find that extension agents are generally willing to use such DSTs and prefer a DST with a more user-friendly interface that requires less time to generate results. We also find that preferences are heterogeneous: some extension agents care more about the effectiveness-related features of DSTs, such as information accuracy and level of detail, while others prioritise practical features, such as tool platform, language and interface ease-of-use. Recognising and accommodating such preference differences may facilitate the adoption of DSTs by extension agents and thus enhance the scope for such tools to impact the agricultural production decisions of farmers.
9. Digital extension, price risk, and farm performance: experimental evidence from Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Oyinbo, Oyakhilomen (author), Chamberlain, Jordan (author), Abdoulaye, Tahirou (author), and Maertens, Miet (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-06-21
- Published:
- United States: Wiley Online
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12539
- Journal Title:
- American Journal fo Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 104 (2)
- Notes:
- 21 pages, Despite decades of investment in agricultural extension, technology adoption among farmers and agricultural productivity growth in Sub-Saharan Africa remain slow. Among other shortcomings, extension systems often make recommendations that do not account for price risk or spatial heterogeneity in farmers' growing conditions. However, little is known about the effectiveness of extension approaches for nutrient management that consider these issues. We analyze the impact of farmers' access to site-specific nutrient management recommendations and to information on expected returns, provided through a digital decision support tool, for maize production. We implement a randomized controlled trial among smallholders in the maize belt of northern Nigeria. We use three waves of annual panel data to estimate immediate and longer term effects of two different extension treatments: site-specific recommendations with and without complementary information about variability in output prices and expected returns. We find that site-specific nutrient management recommendations improve fertilizer management practices and maize yields but do not necessarily increase fertilizer use. In addition, we find that recommendations that are accompanied by additional information about variability in expected returns induce larger fertilizer investments that persist beyond the first year. However, the magnitudes of these effects are small: we find only incremental increases in investments and net revenues over two treatment years.
10. Effectiveness of radio-agricultural farmer programme in technology transfer among rural farmers in Imo State, Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Njoku, J.I.K. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-06
- Published:
- Nigeria
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D07411
- Journal Title:
- Net Journal of Agricultural Science
- Journal Title Details:
- 4(2) : 22-28
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