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The Role of Information and Female Vegetable Farmers in Calabar Municipal Council Area, Nigeria.
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Libri: International Journal of Libraries & Information Services . Jun2015, Vol. 65 Issue 2, p151-160. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- This study was aimed at showing the impact of information on female vegetable farmers (discussed as a form of entrepreneurship) in one local government area in Nigeria. A questionnaire was used in collecting data for the study. A total of 210 questionnaires were administered. Of these, 193 useable copies were retrieved (91.9%) and used for analysis. Simple percentage and pie charts were used to analyse the data. The results showed that vegetable farmers mostly used information from agricultural extension officers to request for loans. This information was very minimal as the study did not show its impact to have had any increase in productivity. Information for choice of planting materials, fertilizer application as well as storage and marketing of products were gotten from fellow growers. The study agreed with previous studies that information is really powerful and enhances decision-making regardless of the group of people involved. Although this group seems to have been neglected, they still pulled their weight, striving in their little efforts to move on. The study recommends that government and other stakeholders should encourage this group with adequate information for better economic sustainability and development to benefit from the under-utilized services available to them. The study also recommends that government should use extension officers to organize these female vegetable farmers into cooperative groups to enable them have easy access to loan facilities as an encouragement to boost their acts of entrepreneurship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00242667
- Volume :
- 65
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Libri: International Journal of Libraries & Information Services
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 103245569
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1515/libri-2014-0036