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Impact Of Village Square Meeting On Agricultural Development
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1.5 Research Hypotheses
The research hypotheses include;
H1: Village square meeting has helped in enhancing agricultural development in Gakem.
H2: Agricultural messages passed in the village square meeting influenced the attitude of the farmers in Gakem?
1.6 Scope of the Study
This
study is based on effective use of village square meeting for
agricultural development in rural area. The method and techniques of
disseminating information in the rural area using the village square
meeting, remains the base of this study.
The study covers Gakem community of Bekwarra North L. G.A in Cross River State.
1.7 Significance of the Study
This
study will be relevant to national and rural agricultural development
agencies such as the National Agricultural Development Agencies (NADA)
at the national level, and State Agricultural Development Agencies
(SADA) at the state level. The study will also help environmental
activist, bankers, educators, economist, politicians, teachers, media
practitioners etc. to be able to ascertain and evaluate the strength and
weakness of the traditional media and to device the best means or
channels of disseminating information in the rural area, since findings
from these study will reveal new trends on the impact of village square
meeting in the rural area.
The study will also contribute immensely
to all academic fields whose activities are affiliated with the rural
communities. The study will help government, NGOs and other bodies who
are interested in agricultural development in the rural area to identify
the village square meeting as an important medium of packaging
agricultural development programmes, that will lead to high agricultural
productivity and rural development.
The study will to a very large
extent be of benefit to future researchers who wish to carryout study in
this area, since this study when completed is subject to replication as
criteria in research.
Findings from this study will also help the
Government (Federal state and local government) to device a means of
enhancing agricultural innovation programmes through the village square
meeting and other viable mediums of traditional media.
1.8 Definition of Terms
The following terms in this study where operationally defined thus;
(1) Impact
(2) Village square meeting
(3) Agricultural Development
(4) Rural Development.
ï¶ Impact: Impact in this study has to do with how village square meeting has contributed to agricultural development.
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Village Square Meeting: Village square meeting in this study is a
gathering of the rural dwellers which gives them the opportunity to
discuss issues affecting them.
ï¶ Agricultural Development: It is an improvement in the method or style of agricultural practice to enhance high productivity.
ï¶ Rural Development: This has to do with the positive transformation that enhances the living standard of the ruralites.
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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---
