Factors Affecting Adoption of Poultry Innovations by Rural Farmers in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria

Type Journal Article - International Journal of Livestock Research
Title Factors Affecting Adoption of Poultry Innovations by Rural Farmers in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria
Author(s)
Volume 4
Issue 8
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2014
Page numbers 14-21
URL http://www.scopemed.org/?jft=68&ft=68-1411466470
Abstract
The study examined factors influencing adoption of poultry innovation in Otupko Local government Area of Benue State. The specific objectives were to analyze the selected socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, identify the types of innovations adopted, examine sources of information, analyze logit adoption of innovations and ascertain types of problems encountered. Primary and secondary data were collected; primary data were gathered with the use of structured questionnaire administered to randomly select 120 respondents while secondary data were obtained through published and unpublished materials. Descriptive statistics and logit regression model were used for data analysis. The results revealed that 38.3% of the respondents were between 41-50 years, 55.8% had family size of 6-10 persons, 50.8% were secondary school leavers, and 67.5% had 1-5 years of poultry farming experience. The findings further revealed that 48.3% of the farmers adopted vaccination/diseases control and 45.8% obtained information on poultry innovations practices through the media. There is a significant relationship between level of adoption and number of birds kept by farmers and 89. 1 % of the respondents encountered diseases problem. It is recommended that public and private sectors should provide vaccines and veterinary services at the village level for the farmers.

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