Identifying and assessing training needs of rabbit farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria

The study identify identified and assessed training needs of rabbit farmers in Oyo State. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select the respondents. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. In the study it was revealed that only 10% of the respondents were aged 55years and above. . The male (89.2%) dominate rabbit rearing. Majority (62.5%) were married and only a few (14.2%) had no formal education. Majority (55.8%) were farmers and only few retirees (3.3%) were involved in rabbit rearing. Rabbit keepers (54.2%) have mostly 4-6 persons in their family. Majority (58.3%) of the respondents obtained their capital for rabbit production through personal savings. Radio (80.8%) was the commonest source of information on rabbit production. Furthermore, Majority (65.8%) of the farmers revealed a very high need for selection of giant breeds, It was also revealed that there is significant relationship between source of income of farmers and their training needs (x 2=132.75; p=0.001) at 0.05 level. It is recommended that training should be conducted in the different aspects of activities in which farmers shows incompetence in rabbit production.