The Role of Farmer Field School Training in Improving Farmers’ Knowledge of Selected Cocoa Cultivation Practices in Edo state, Nigeria

Type Journal Article - Journal of Natural Sciences Research
Title The Role of Farmer Field School Training in Improving Farmers’ Knowledge of Selected Cocoa Cultivation Practices in Edo state, Nigeria
Author(s)
Volume 3
Issue 1
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2013
Page numbers 42-50
URL http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JNSR/article/download/4190/4242
Abstract
The study assessed the contribution of farmer field school training to the knowledge of Cocoa farmers on selected
farm practices in Edo State. The specific objectives were to: describe the socioeconomic characteristics of the
respondents, identify the practices where FFS has enhanced farmers’ knowledge, ascertain the level of contribution
of FFS training to their knowledge of cocoa cultivation practices and determine the percentage of farmers who have
benefited from FFS training in terms of improved knowledge. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to
compose a sample size of 68 respondents. Various descriptive statistics such as means, percentages and frequency
counts were used for data analysis. Respondents were also grouped into different categories based on the effect of
FFS training on their knowledge. The results show that FFS has contributed immensely in improving the knowledge
of cocoa farmers in the study area. It was therefore recommended that FFS training should be sustained in the area
and extended to other states that have not implemented it as well as to other crop enterprises besides cocoa.

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