The study looked at poultry farmers' institutional characteristics, their access to information sources, and their awareness and understanding of poultry medications. In order to make deductions, it determined the relationships between variables. With the help of a standardised interview schedule and questionnaire, a multi-stage sampling approach was employed to choose 100 poultry farmers. The data was analysed using frequency counts, percentages, mean, and Chi-square. The majority of the respondents (67%) had never led a group, whereas 62 percent had contact with extension agents and were members of poultry drug groups, according to the findings. It was discovered that 60% of farmers were aware of avian charge and had access to it, whereas 48.8% had access to happy hen treat medication. Petamine (45.0%) and tricero (45.0%) are two others (32.5 percent ). Only neighbour (mean = 2.58) recorded a high level of accessibility among the farmers among the numerous information sources identified, implying that the rate of development of the chicken enterprise in such a community will be slow. Campaign (r = 0.762), exhibition (r = 0.528), and workshop/seminar (r = 2.607) were the only information sources that significantly linked with awareness of poultry medications at the 0.01 significant level. Farmers should be exposed to different information sources that will aid community development, according to the conclusions of the study.
Author (S) Details
D. U. Okoedo-Okojie
Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Services, University Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.
J. I. Osabuohien
Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Services, University Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.
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