The authors of this study examined the information-seeking behavior and utilization among snail farmers in Oyo State with the view of improving animal production to achieve food and nutritional security.Simple random sampling was used to select one hundred and twenty respondents out of three hundred and sixty-five registered members in Oyo state. Interview schedule was administered to elicit information relating to socio-economic characteristics, informationseeking behaviour and utilization among snail farmers and the constraints faced by the snail farmers. Data were analyzed using frequency counts, mean, percentages, and correlation.Most of the respondents were literates. This factor increased their capacities for seeking and utilizing agricultural information. Lack of credit facilities and inadequate information from extension agents were the major constraints identified by the farmers. There was a significant relationship between the sources of information and information-seeking behavior of these farmers as well as the utilization of such information (r = -0.261; pv = > 0.05). Significant relationship also existed between constraints faced by the farmers and information-seeking behavior and utilization by these farmers (r = -0.23, pv = 0.01).Most of the respondents had high information-seeking behavior and utilization, which implies that farmers are willing to seek information that will improve their productivity. Efforts should therefore be made to promote the information utilization of farmers through the extension services of agricultural development projects in order to facilitate the transfer of technology. This will enhance the productivity and income of snail farmers and subsequently improve their standard of living.

This research was conducted to determine rural farmers' access to agricultural information in ido local government area of Oyo state. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 120 respondents for the study. Primary data were collected using an interview schedule and were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results revealed that majority (70.0%) of the respondents were male, married (62.5%) and aspect of agriculture they engaged with was crop farming (83.3%). The most popular source of information among the respondents was radio (72.5%) and agricultural information they have access to were market information, storage information and fertilizer application. Chi-square results at 0.05 level of significance indicated that there was significant relationship between rural farmers' sex (X 2 = 8.265, p = 0.004), marital status (X 2 = 16.420, p = 0.003) and correlation analysis of the result revealed that there existed a correlation between income (r = 0.229, p = 0.012), sources of agricultural information (r = 0.582, p = 0.000) and access to agricultural information. Therefore, the research study recommended that rural farmers should be educated and public awareness of agricultural information should be emphasized and created by the information providers.

The study investigated the capability of Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN)

Part of Nigerian government efforts toward food security and development of agriculture was the provision of an improved maize storage structures to farmers in all local government of the states. Despite this effort, most of the maize farmers in Ido local government area of Oyo state used different indigenous storage structures in stored their maize while some farmers often sell the larger proportion of their produce at harvest. In view of this situation, the research therefore investigated the assessment of use of maize storage structures among maize farmers in Ido local government area of Oyo state. A multistage sampling procedure was used in selecting 120 respondents and the data for this study were obtained through the use of interview schedule which were therefore subjected to analysis. Descriptive statistics and inferential tools were used in describing and making inferences. At p 0.05 level of significance there was correlation between age (r = 0.000), household size (r = 0.000), income (r = 0.000), constraints (r = 0.000), benefits (r = 0.000) and the used of maize storage structures. Chi-square analysis also revealed that level of education was significant to the use of maize storage structures (x 2 = 28.03, p = 0.000). The study then concluded that there was low use of maize storage structures due to high cost of an improved storage structure, high cost of used and high cost of storage chemicals. Based on these findings, the study recommended that maize farmers should pool their resources together in order for them to afford an expensive improved storage technologies and credit facilities should be made available to farmers by the government so as to overcome the challenges they are facing in storing maize produce.

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