THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTs) AMONG STAFF OF AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN IBADAN MUNICIPAL AREA, OYO STATE, NIGERIA
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ABSTRACT
This study was carried out on the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) among staff of agricultural institutions using selected agricultural institution in Ibadan Municipal Area, Oyo State, Nigeria as case study. To achieve this, 7 significant research objectives were formulated. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of agricultural professionals in the selected agricultural institutions in Ibadan Municipal Area, Oyo State. In determining the sample size, the researcher conveniently selected 70 respondents while 55 were received and 50 were validated. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables and percentage. While hypotheses were tested using Product Moment Pearson Correlation Statistical Tool SPSS v23. The result of the findings reveals that there is no significant relationship between the personal characteristics of respondents and access to ICTs. The findings also revealed that there is no significant relationship between the personal characteristics of agricultural professionals and the use of ICTs. Furthermore, the study showed that there is a relationship between the personal characteristics of respondents and competence in the use of ICTs but not significant. In regard to the findings, the study recommends that efforts should also be made to facilitate ownership of modern ICTs by agricultural professional through loans and hire purchase procedures from their institutions. This will spur up their excitement and speed of ICT adoption through which they can experiment relevant and innovative ICT initiatives.
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