Abstract:
The study assessed awareness level of using hydroponic technologies among crop farmers in
Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo state. The study employed the use of interview
schedule in the collection of data from fifty (50) respondents. The mean age of the respondents is
40.22 years, majority (88.0%) of the respondents in the study were male, most of the respondents
(66.0%) were married, most of the respondents are literate with mean year spent in schooling
was 17.20 years, most (66.0%) of the respondent were aware of bucket as an hydroponic
technology, most (58%) of the respondents in the study area believes utilizing hydroponic
technologies require time and commitment. The major constraints in the study area to the
utilization of hydroponic technologies was lack of technical know how of hydroponic
technologies. Hypothesis tested revealed that socio-economic characteristics such as Gender
(X2= 28.880, P= 0.000), Marital status (X2=74.400, p= 0.000), Religion (X2=3.920, p=0.048),
Education (X2= 40.240, p= 0.000), Primary occupation (X2= 64.800, p= 0.000), secondary
occupation (X2= 9.200, p= 0.000), Household (X2= 14.440, p= 0.071), Social group membership
(X2=13.520, p= 0.000) were significantly associated with the awareness level of using
hydroponic technologies. The study recommended that Government, private investors,
companies manufacturing equipment for hydroponics farming and all stakeholders should not
only encourage but assist in research and training of all interested on the technicalities involved
in hydroponics technologies. |
