information and communication technologies (icts) compliance of extension personnel inimo state agricultural extension service delivery system of nigeria

Authors

ibezim g. m. c

osondu c. k

abstract

the purpose of the study was to examine compliance of extension personnel in imo state agricultural extension service delivery system of nigeria. a purposive and multi-stage random sampling was used to select 105 extension personnel from the three agricultural zones of the state. data generated were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages, as well as mean score and correlation analysis. results showed that the extension personnel in the state had a favourable and clear perception of relevance of icts for extension service delivery but only used radios, televisions, mobile phones and short message service (sms) frequently. generally, they were not able to use computer-based icts to perform extension tasks. results showed that level of education, work experience and income had positive relationship at 5% level of significance with the number of icts the extension personnel had access to. ict training should be built into the regular or periodic training programmes of extension personnel to make them icts compliant for improved agricultural productivity and to keep abreast of the current global trend.

Upgrade to premium to download articles

Sign up to access the full text

Already have an account?login

similar resources

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) Compliance of Extension Personnel Inimo State Agricultural Extension Service Delivery System of Nigeria

The purpose of the study was to examine compliance of extension personnel in Imo state agricultural extension service delivery system of Nigeria. A purposive and multi-stage random sampling was used to select 105 extension personnel from the three agricultural zones of the state. Data generated were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages, as well as mean score...

full text

Utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by Agricultural Extension Workers in Niger State, Nigeria

The study examined the utilization of information and communication technologies by agricultural extension workers in Niger State, Nigeria. To achieve the study objective, 206 respondents were proportionately and randomly selected from the three agricultural zones in the State through multi-stage sampling technique. Validated questionnaire with reliability coefficient of 0.81 was used to collec...

full text

Assessment of Use of Selected Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Extension Service Delivery: Implication for Agricultural Development in Nigeria

The study was carried out to assess the implication of the use of selected Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for extension service delivery in Nigeria. The simple random technique was used to select fifty percent of the total extension agents which equivalent to forty-two respondents as sample size for the study. Frequency counts, percentages, mean and standard deviation were us...

full text

utilization of information and communication technologies (icts) by agricultural extension workers in niger state, nigeria

the study examined the utilization of information and communication technologies by agricultural extension workers in niger state, nigeria. to achieve the study objective, 206 respondents were proportionately and randomly selected from the three agricultural zones in the state through multi-stage sampling technique. validated questionnaire with reliability coefficient of 0.81 was used to collec...

full text

assessment of use of selected information communication technologies (icts) for extension service delivery: implication for agricultural development in nigeria

the study was carried out to assess the implication of the use of selected information and communication technologies (icts) for extension service delivery in nigeria. the simple random technique was used to select fifty percent of the total extension agents which equivalent to forty-two respondents as sample size for the study. frequency counts, percentages, mean and standard deviation were us...

full text

Information Communication Technologies in Agricultural Extension Delivery of Agricultural Transformation Agenda

  The study examined the role of information communication technologies in extension delivery of Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) of Nigeria.  The objectives were to: examine the agricultural extension delivery of ATA; identify ICTs relevant in agricultural extension and application of ATA; examine roles of ICTs in extension of ATA and identify constraints to the use of ICTs in extensio...

full text

My Resources

Save resource for easier access later


Journal title:
international journal of agricultural science, research and technology in extension and education systems

Publisher: islamic azad university shoushtar branch

ISSN 2251-7588

volume 4

issue 2 2014

Hosted on Doprax cloud platform doprax.com

copyright © 2015-2023