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Fish farmers’ usage of information on weather forecasts in Kwara state, Nigeria

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    1 Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Services, Kwara State University, Malete, kawar state, Nigeria.

    2 Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.

    3 Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Services, Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria.

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Document Type : Research Paper

Abstract

The study examined the fish farmers’ usage of Information on weather forecasts in Kwara State, Nigeria. 127 respondents were selected for the study. The data was analyzed using frequency count, percentage, mean and Binary Logistic Regression. The result showed that the mean age of the fish farmers was 32 years, about 68.5% of the fish farmers were male, about 36.2% has fishing as their primary occupation, about 98.45% of the respondents reared catfish and the mean annual income of the fish farmers was 1,191,181.10 Naira. Friends and Neighbours ( =3.40) are the highest ranked sources of weather forecast. The result revealed that about 74 % of the fish farmers have high usage level of weather forecast. The determinant factors of usage of weather forecast were years of experience in fish farming (0.809), income from fish farming (0.000) and cycle cultured per annum (-1.851). This study recommended that there should be provision of accurate, timely and continuous provision of information on the weather forecast to the fish farmers.

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Kirkuk University Journal for Agricultural Sciences (KUJAS)
Volume 15, Issue 1
March 2024
Page 54-58
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