Contribution of Farm-Radio Broadcasts to Yam Output in Benue State, Nigeria

Odiaka, E. C.

doi:10.1080/10496505.2011.609785

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“…It implies therefore, that radio is on the surveillance in the distribution of COVID-19 palliatives to smallholder farmers in Nigeria with monitoring of the provision and distribution of fertilizer attracting its attention much higher than the rest of other aspects of the Covid-19 palliatives. This finding correlates with a number of the empirical studies reviewed in this study which show the different roles that the radio played in agricultural development [54,55,4,5,56,57,7,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]58,16,43,17,[51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]18,63,19,65,20]. The finding also aligns with the tenet of the social responsibility media theory which charged the media to "accept and fulfill certain obligations to society" (McQuail, 1987 in Anaeto, Onabajo and Osifeso, [82]) such as surveillance over Covid-19 palliatives distribution to farmers; and the agenda setting theory which places a demand on the media such as the radio to give priority to any issue the society considered as being important [82].…”

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“…Constraints however, had a negative relationship with farmers' use of farmradio for marketing agricultural commodities. Odiaka [59] in the study on "Contribution of Farm-Radio Broadcasts to Yam Output in Benue State, Nigeria" revealed that there was a significant difference between yield of yams before and after listening to radio, indicating farm-radio broadcasts' contribution to productivity.…”

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Public Perception of Radio Surveillance in the Distribution of COVID-19 Palliatives to Smallholder Farmers in Nigeria

Ternenge

Sabo²

2022

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This study was carried out to examine surveillance responsibility of the radio in the distribution of the COVID-19 palliatives to smallholder farmers in Nigeria. The study, most specifically, sought to: find out particular COVID-19 palliatives that the radio was involved in monitoring their distribution to smallholder farmers in Nigeria; determine various ways through which the radio was involved in monitoring the distribution of the COVID-19 palliatives to smallholder farmers in Nigeria; examine the extent to which the radio is involved in monitoring the distribution of such palliatives for farmers’ accessibility in Nigeria; ascertain the influence of the radio’s surveillance role on farmers’ knowledge of accessing the COVID-19 palliatives in Nigeria. The methodology adopted in the study was the survey which questionnaire was used as the research instrument for data collection. The data collected in the study was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Findings revealed that monitoring fertilizer distribution to smallholder farmers was the major surveillance role played by the radio while monitoring the distribution of improved seeds, finance, soft loans, agriculture mechanization services, and agric technology services to farmers were other surveillance responsibilities of the radio in distribution of the Covid-19 palliatives to farmers in Nigeria. The study also identified breaking news as format predominantly used on the radio in reporting the Covid-19 palliatives. Majority of the smallholder farmers (86%) expressed their dissatisfaction with the extent to which radio was involved in monitoring distribution of their Covid-19 palliatives in the country. As a result, only a small proportion of them (13.7%) have significant knowledge of how to access the COVID-19 palliatives in the country. The study concluded that although radio still remains a medium for the dissemination of agricultural information its impact in monitoring the distribution of the Covid-19 palliatives is not significantly felt among smallholder farmers in Nigeria. Hence, an urgent need for the radio to be more observant and critical in sufficiently addressing all aspects of farmers’ information needs in the country.

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Public Perception of Radio Surveillance in the Distribution of COVID-19 Palliatives to Smallholder Farmers in Nigeria

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2022

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“…Stenmark, 2002 andHooff, 2006. information sharing, which is central to the efficiency of private and public organizations and existence of all human structures. For instance, the use of radio as a communication channel improved the production base of yam farmers by broadcasting relevant and adequate farm messages that were utilized (Odiaka, 2011). Therefore, it is expected that as communication becomes more sophisticated, farmers and workers should be made to adjust to the changing complexities in the industry because, changes in modes of communication shapes human history.…”

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Workers perception of intranet efficiency in the Nigerian Customs Service: example for effective organizational management of extension services in Nigeria

Odiaka¹,

Okoro²

2016

J. Agric. Ext. Rural Dev

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This study examined staff perception of intranet in enhancing organizational communication in Nigeria Custom Service (NCS). Data were collected from 134 randomly selected respondents using a questionnaire. They were management staff (7.5%), senior staff (41.8%) and junior staff (50.7%). Their age was distributed as 44.8% (18 to 35 years) and 55.2% (36 to 58 years). With regards to computer literacy, 91.8% were computer literate, 95.5% use the internet regularly. 92.5% were ignorant of NCS use of intranet facility. Communication challenges were fear (71.6%), speculations (54.5%), wrong information (65.7%) and inadequate information (55.9%). 75% of respondents considered intranet as effective in management and 91.8% felt it can be used to enhance job performance by providing organizational news. 85.1% considered it important for disseminating staff postings, 81.3% for sending circulars and verifying information, and 73.9% for enabling group discussions, publishing monthly orders and serving as a complaint mechanism for aggrieved staff. Logit regression showed that computer literacy, internet usage and awareness have significant effect on respondents' perception of intranet effectiveness at 1% level. Chi square test showed that intranet has the capacity to enhance efficient organizational management (X 2 cal. = 99.34 > X 2 tab = 0.020). It was recommended that Nigeria Customs Service should strengthen the use of intranet for efficient internal communication and for the Nigerian agricultural extension service organization to adopt intranet for effective organizational management.

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Evaluation of the Radio as an Agricultural Information Source in Rural Areas

Adamides¹,

Stylianou²

2018

Journal of Agricultural & Food Information

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Contribution of Farm-Radio Broadcasts to Yam Output in Benue State, Nigeria

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Public Perception of Radio Surveillance in the Distribution of COVID-19 Palliatives to Smallholder Farmers in Nigeria

Public Perception of Radio Surveillance in the Distribution of COVID-19 Palliatives to Smallholder Farmers in Nigeria

Workers perception of intranet efficiency in the Nigerian Customs Service: example for effective organizational management of extension services in Nigeria

Evaluation of the Radio as an Agricultural Information Source in Rural Areas

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