Propensity to Use Toll-Free Platform for Sourcing Agricultural Information Among Crop Farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria
Olajide B. Rasak · Journal of Agricultural & Food Information · 2016
This study investigated crop farmers' propensity to use a toll-free platform to access agricultural information. Using a multistage sampling procedure, 141 crop farmers were systematically selected for the study. Results indicate that respondents were mostly male, married, and subsistence farmers. They were largely aware of the tremendous benefit of toll free, inclined to source information from it, and will seek information on all phases of planting operations. However, they averred that they will be constrained by poor network coverage, personnel challenges, and poor knowledge of its operation. Farmers are generally amenable to the use of the platform for agricultural information dissemination; therefore, its potentials should be explored.