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Impact Of Mobile Phone On Agricultural Information Among Otukpo Farmers
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OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS:
Mobile
phone: This are phones carried about and are use to send and get
information from one person to another by Otukpo farmers from January –
August 2012
Impact: This is the power of mobile phone on agric information used by Otukpo farmers from January – August 2012
Farmers:
Otukpo people who have farm or manage a farm with the use of mobile
phone to get agric information. from January – August 2012
Agriculture: Planting of croups and rearing of animals in Otukpo community from January – August 2012
Information:
Sending of idea, feelings, messages, culture from one place to another
or from one person to another among Otukpo farmers from January – August
2012
Communication: This is the process of sending messages, idea
and feelings from one person to another by use of mobile phone by Otukpo
farmers from January – August 2012. 21
1.7 ASSUMPTIONS
The following assumptions were made:
i. That an average farmer in Otukpo uses mobile phone.
ii. That farmers in Otukpo receive and make call twice or more in a day.
iii. That most of the farmers in Otukpo own mobile phone.
iv. That farmers in Otukpo believes in information from mobile phone.
v. That farmers in Otukpo makes use of information from mobile phone.
1.8 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
This
study is limited to the impact of mobile phone on agricultural
information among Otukpo farmers, from January – August 2012. 22
These
study would have extended to all the farmers in Benue State but due to
time factor and financial problems, the researcher is compelled to limit
its focus on only Otukpo farmers, of Otukpo town in Otukpo local
government area of Benue State.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study “The Impact of mobile phone on Agricultural Information among Otukpo Farmersâ€. A study of Agric information dissemination among Otukpo farmer, Otukpo Local Government Area. Using a survey of five villages in Otukpo town, Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, the researcher found that Otukpo farmers has adopted the impact of mobile phones in getting agric information due to the benefits derives from it such as enabling verification/discussion with chief farmers and ex ... Continue reading---
