International Journal of Academic and Applied Research (IJAAR)
  Year: 2021 | Volume: 5 | Issue: 4 | Page No.: 79-86
Accessibility And Use Of Weather Forecast Information For Agronomic Practices Among Arable Crop Farmer In Ido Local Government, Nigeria
Elesho, R.O., Aderemi, A.M., Aluko, A.K., Amoran, S.A.

Abstract:
This study examines the accessibility and use of weather forecast information for agronomic practices among arable crop farmers in Ido local government area of Oyo state. Random sampling was used to select 50 percent of registered crop farmers to give a total of 110 respondents in the study area. Data were obtained using structured questionnaire and described statistically with Chi Square and PPMC for the hypotheses. The study revealed that 63.6% had high access to sources of information on weather forecast, 55.4% of them derived high benefit from weather forecast information. Also, result showed that 57.3% had high level use of weather forecast while 53.6% of the respondents had severe constraint to the use of weather forecast information. Hypothesis of the study further revealed that there were significant relationship between socio-economic characteristics of the respondents and their use of weather forecast information in the area of education (x2=29.726, p=0.0l3), secondary occupation (x2=l8.123, p=0.006), age (x2= -0.230, p=0.003) and income (x2= -0.313, p=0:000). PPMC analysis showed significant relationship between respondents' benefits (r=0.397, p=0.000), accessibility (r=0.268, p=0.005) constraint (r=0.327, p=0.000) and use of weather forecast information. It is therefore recommended that both public and private organizations should provide effective weather forecast services to disseminate relevant and timely information on agronomic practices.