Agricultural Cooperatives and Rice Production Technologies in Ini Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

The increasing demand for rice by a large population of Africans requires that rice production must improve. In Ini Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria the natural endowments support rice production such that every farmer produces rice at least at subsistent level over decades ago. This necessitates a study to assess the extent to which Agricultural cooperatives carryout the training of farmers on improved rice production technologies in Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria in 2012. Research questions and hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The study population comprised 2500 male and female rice farmer cooperators in the study area. Simple random sampling technique was used in selecting 1600 members of rice farmer cooperators. The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire. The instrument was subjected to reliability test using split-half approach and reliability coefficient of 0.76 was obtained. Mean was used to answer the research questions. The results showed that rice farmers were not properly trained on rice production, processing and storage technologies by Agricultural cooperatives. Hence, Agricultural cooperatives should train rice farmers on rice production, processing and storage in the study area. The findings would also help the Agricultural cooperatives to incorporate relevant instructional strategies that would enhance sustainable rice production in local rice producing areas in Africa.

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Δημιουργός Grace J. Etim, T. U. U. Екро, А. О. Еkong
Υπεύθυνος Συντήρησης World Educators Forum Journal
Έκδοση VOLUME 5 NO. 1, NOVEMBER, 2014
Τελευταία ενημέρωση Δεκεμβρίου 11, 2025, 14:49 (UTC)
Δημιουργήθηκε Δεκεμβρίου 11, 2025, 14:38 (UTC)