Dele Tologbonse|Oluwarotimi O. Fashola|Moyo Obadiah
Policy Issues in Meeting Rice Farmers Agricultural Information Needs in Niger State
Ahmadu Bello University|International Institute of Tropical Agriculture|Ahmadu Bello University
study aimed assessing rice farmers agricultural information needs constraints faced sourcing informationprimary data collected field survey 5 8 local government areas lga zone 1 niger state agricultural development programme nsadp lowland rice major cropfrom lgas two villages randomly selected one farmers group randomly selected per villagefrom total 234 farmers total 186 farmers interviewed representing 80 populationresult data analysis revealed 73 respondents usually seek information extension agentsmajority 727 farmers seek information extension agents 37 preferred information packaged audio cassettemajor constraints include lack funds acquire information 543 language barrier 505the result study also indicates significant relationship information type preferred information package x 2 2796p 005 readiness pay information package x 2 6745p 05 constraint x 2 3328p 05no significant relationship information type age x 2 0001p 05 educational level x 2 159p 05 sex x 2 131p 05 ownership telephone x 2 048p 05 data generated assist implementation nigerian question answer service naqas auspices national agricultural extension