Farmers demographic characteristics, awareness and perception of the relevance of livestock technologies in Oyo State

Abstract

This paper analyses the perception of the relevance of livestock production technologies by farmers in Oyo state. A multistage sampling was employed and 120 respondents were used for the study. Percentages and chi-square analysis were employed to analyze the data. Findings revealed that majority of livestock farmers (62.5%) recorded a low perception score. Chi-square analysis of demographic characteristics showed that level of education, farm size, and age have significant relationship with perception of livestock technologies (X2 = 13.6 p < 0.05, X2 = 29.02 p < 0.05 and X2 = 22.07 p <0.05 respectively) while gender has no significant relationship with perception of livestock technologies (X2 = 0.75 p > 0.05). The study concludes that livestock technologies would be more result-oriented if adequate consideration is given to the demographic characteristics and perception of farmers among others which will in turn help the farmer in making decision to adopt.

Keywords: Demography, livestock, technology, awareness, relevance