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Impact Of Village Square Meeting On Agricultural Development
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Agricultural development is therefore, all about agricultural change
that realistically enhances the ruralites earnings in addition to
raising their living standard via large scale production of crops and
animals. It is also the attainment of meaningful degree of mental
alertness, and the sophistication of human faculties to 5
the level
that the individual in the society or rural community cannot only reason
well but adopt a logical approach to agricultural problems or issues
arising in the rural community.
Agricultural development as been affected positively by the village square meeting will be properly looked into in this study.
1.2 Statement of the Research Problem
Agriculture
has from time immemorial remained the major sources of income and
revenue generation in the rural area. The production of crops such as
yam, cassava, beans, rice vegetable, tree crops like cocoa, banana,
plantain palm produce, rubber etc. and animal such as; cattle’s, goats
domestic fowls, Snails, fish, Agric fowls, duck, turkey, guinea fowl,
pigs to mention a few, has remain the base for economic advancement in
the rural communities in Nigeria. In spits the enormous contributions of
various media both traditional (old media) and the mass media (new
media) of communication, viz the village square as a medium of
traditional media, some rural communities are still lagging behind in
agricultural advancement. Though, a lot of agricultural innovation
programmes have been initiated by the federal, state, and local
government, poor planting methods, poor method of pesticide, herbicide
application etc. have been constraint to agricultural development in the
rural area.
This research work strives to investigates if the
village square meeting as a medium of traditional communication has
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sensitization of the
ruralites on agricultural innovations, if not, it will be of important
to suggest a vibrant medium that will be more effective for agricultural
development in the rural area since it is statistically proven that
about 75% of Nigerians reside in the rural area and often rely on
agricultural productivity to be able to contribute to national
development.
1.3 Objectives of the Study
The objectives of this study are;
(1) To determine the role of village square meetings in promoting effective agricultural development in the rural area.
(2) To find out how people react to agricultural messages received in the village square meetings.
(3)
To determine the influence of agricultural messages passed in the
village square meetings on the attitude of farmers in Gakem, Bekwarra
L.G.A.
1.4 Research Questions
The research questions are as follows:
(1) To what extent has village square meeting helped in enhancing agricultural development in Gakem?
(2) How has the people of Gakem reacted to agricultural development messages passed to them through village square meeting?
(3) How has the agricultural development messages disseminated in the village square influenced your farming attitude?
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research work is aimed at analyzing the impact of village square meeting on agricultural development in Gakem, Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State. The research method used was survey, and questionnaire the instrument. The researcher adopted the systematic random sampling technique to select a sample size of 200 which was used in the study. The findings gotten from the questionnaire shows that the people of Gakem, Bekwarra Local Government are exposed to agricultural message ... Continue reading---
