IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ags/ngnjrs/348489.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Effect of Training on the Use of Modern Beekeeping Technologies in Oyo State, Nigeria

Author

Listed:
  • Eforuoku, F.
  • Thomas, K. A.

Abstract

The Oyo State Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development recently trained producers on the use of modern beekeeping technologies with the aim of enhancing their global competitiveness. This paper examined the effectiveness of the training programme. Multistage sampling procedure was used in selecting 131 trained beekeepers from the 3 senatorial districts in Oyo state. The data collected were analysed with the aid of descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed that Beekeepers had 6?4 mean years of experience, 74.6% of beekeepers had between 1 and 10 years of experience; 61.1% got their initial capital from personal saving and information about beekeeping and training was from a variety of sources with a higher percent (43.5%) from beekeepers association. Increased quantity of honey produced (1.92) was the most important benefit derived from the use of the technology while, invasion by Fulani herdsmen (1.68) and lack of credit facilities (1.40) were the major constraints to use of modern beekeeping technologies. There was significant difference in the level of use of modern beekeeping technologies before and after the training (t- =18.419; p?0.050). The training was effective as there was increased use of modern beekeeping technologies after the training. It is recommended that the training should be replicated in other states and for other agricultural enterprises and government should formulate policy that will guide grazing of livestock to reduce invasion of Fulani herdsmen

Suggested Citation

  • Eforuoku, F. & Thomas, K. A., 2020. "Effect of Training on the Use of Modern Beekeeping Technologies in Oyo State, Nigeria," Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology, Rural Sociological Association of Nigeria, vol. 16(01), September.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:ngnjrs:348489
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.348489
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/348489/files/Eforuoku.pdf
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.22004/ag.econ.348489?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    Farm Management;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ags:ngnjrs:348489. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: AgEcon Search (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/rusanea.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.