Livestock farmers' awareness, access and benefits of Veterinary Extension Services in Southwestern, Nigeria

摘要

Thispaperexaminestheawareness,access,andbenefitsoflivestockfarmersontheveterinaryextensionservicesprovidedbytheMinistryofAgricultureandtheUniversityofIbadanveterinaryclinicsinsouth-westernNigeria.Simplesamplingtechniquewasusedtoselect125livestockfarmerswhovisitedtheveterinaryclinicsanddatawerecollectedonvariablesofthestudyandsubjectedtoempiricalstatisticaltest.Theresultshowsthatfarmersareawareofveterinaryextensionservices(82%)andparticularlytheservicesprovidedbytheMinistryofAgriculture.Theprominentinformationsourcesonveterinaryservicesareofficecallandindividualcallwhilethemostimportantbenefitsderivedaremanagementoflivestockdisease(91%)andtreatmentoflivestock(88%).Theresultofthemultipleregressionanalysisfurthershowedasignificantrelationshipbetweenthebenefitsderivedandasetofindependentvariables,withattitudetoveterinaryservicesasthemostimportantpredictor.TheresultofChi-squareanalysisshowedthatbenefitfromveterinaryserviceswassignificantlyrelatedtoawarenessandaccessvariables.Recordofveterinaryclinicvisitedshowedasignificantlyrelationshipwithbenefitderived,whilenon-significantrelationshipswererecordedforsourceofinformation,veterinaryservicesreceived,andawarenessofveterinaryservices.Theimplicationisthatforlivestockfarmerstomaximizethebenefitofveterinaryextensionservicestheawarenessandaccessissueshavetotheeffectivelycoordinated.