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Information Sources And Use Of Traditional Medicine Among Farmers
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1.3Objectives of the Study
The
broad objective of this study is to examine farmer preference for
traditional medicine in the treatment of ailments in the study area.
The specific objectives of this study are:
examine the socio-economic characteristics of the farmers in the study area;
examine the respondents’ access and preference for sources on information on traditional medicine;
identify the ailment respondents’ use traditional medicine for;
examine the effect ailment have on respondents’ agricultural production;
Ascertain the effectiveness of traditional medicine and the respondents’ reasons for preference; and
identify constraint respondents’ face in their farming activities and treatment of ailment using traditional medicine.
1.4Hypothesis of the Study
There is no significant relationship between the socio economic characteristics of farmer’s and use of traditional medicine.
There
is no significant difference between the socio economic characteristics
of farmers and their access to sources of information on traditional
medicine.
.There is no significant relationship between
socio-economic characteristics of farmers and constraint faced in
farming activities and treatment of ailment using traditional medicine.
There is no significant difference in farmers yield and income as a result of ailment.
There
is no significant relationship between socio-economic characteristics
and farmers perceived effectiveness of traditional medicine.
Health ailment have no significant effect on farmers production.
1.5Justification of the Study
This research is significant in many ways; to the government, the farmers and the public at large, in the following ways:
It
will help the government to realize the importance and effectiveness of
traditional medicines and therefore including the use and popularity of
traditional medicines in its planning process. It will assist the
farmers especially in the rural areas to rely more on the use and
preference of traditional medicine as it relates to accessibility and
affordability.
Lastly, it will help the general public especially
those who see traditional medicine as out-dated and fetish to see the
relevance and effectiveness that traditional medicine is having
presently.
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