Okorie N. U

Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeria

Publications

• Research Article   
  The effect of gender and educational status on small-scale farmers’ access to agricultural extension services in the North Central Nigeria
  Author(s): Ajah J* and Okorie N. U
  
  The study assessed the effect of gender and educational status on farmers’ access to extension services in North Central Nigeria (Plateau, Kogi, Benue and Nasarawa States). A sample of 640 farmers (320 males and 320 females) was collected through a simple random technique while questionnaires were used for data collection. A three-way ANOVA was used for analysis. First, pooled data result showed that, irrespective of educational status and location, there was no significant difference in gender access to extension services. However, the mean responses indicated that the male farmers relatively accessed extension services more than their female counterparts. Second, irrespective of gender and location, the result showed that farmers’ educational status did not significantly affect their access to extension services but farmers who had secondary education relatively accessed.. View More»
  

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