The study was carried out to investigate the use of New media for communication among extension agents and farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria. Forty Extension agents and eighty farmers were randomly selected. Data collected were subjected to descriptive analysis using frequencies and percentage. Majority of extension agents (90.0%) were aware of Social Media. Farmers (97.5%) were aware of Agricultural websites. Extension agents (85.0%) have access to Agricultural Blogs, farmers (87.5%) have access Agricultural Websites. Extension agents also have high access (75.0%) to New media and farmers have high access (67.5%) to New media. Majority of Extension agents in the study area have a benefit derived from the use of New media as to enhance their job commitments. Farmers have the benefits derived from the use of New media as it saves time and money. Majority of Extension agents in the study area used new media to source for information on farmers’ livelihood and possible ways of improving their living standards. Extension agents (55%) and also farmers (60.0%) have high level of use of new media. It is recommended that Extension agencies should organize in-service training for the staff on skill acquisition and importance of New media use in sourcing and disseminating innovation and also the Nigerian government should address the problem of using the New media in agricultural and rural development via focusing on providing broadband connectivity and a content centric development approach particularly in the rural areas.
The study was carried out to assess the adoption of improved processing techniques among palm oil processors in Ife North local government area of Osun state, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 120 respondents from the study area and data was collected through a well-structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed through descriptive statistics. The result shows that majority of the respondents (74.2%) are female, 42.5% are between the age range of 31-40 and 54.2% are married. The result also shows that some improved techniques have been introduced to the farmers while some have not been introduced to them. A large number of the respondents have access to information mostly from neighborhood farmers, but there was variation in their level of adoption. Majority (75.8%) adopted hydraulic presser which is the highest technology adopted while Malaysian knife have not been adopted by 100% of the respondent. There was high level of challenges faced by the processors in the study area. Therefore it is recommended that more awareness and sensitization on improved processing technique should be given to palm oil processors and also the materials should be constructed by local crude and less sophisticated materials that can be constructed and repaired locally
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