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August 14, 2026Open Access

2026 Vol-6 Issue-2 | PARTICIPATION, DETERMINANTS, AND IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION PROGRAMMES AMONG FARMERS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA: A GENDERED CONSTRAINTS ANALYSIS

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OBOyediji,, B.IAItoya,, Adekola,AOAdenike O.

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Implication

Cross-sectional study finds significant gender disparities in agricultural extension participation, highlighting the need for gender-responsive institutional programming.

Key Points

  • To investigate gendered constraints, determinants, and productivity impacts associated with farmers' participation in agricultural extension programmes.
  • Surveyed 240 registered farmers (132 male and 108 female) selected via multistage sampling across six Local Government Areas in Ogun State, Nigeria in 2025.
  • Analyzed structured questionnaire data using descriptive statistics, binary logistic regression, independent-samples t-tests, and exploratory factor analysis (EFA).
  • Male farmers showed higher extension participation scores than female farmers (3.53 ± 0.74 vs. 2.24 ± 0.83 on a 5-point scale), with education (p=0.002), credit access (p=0.004), mobile phone ownership (p=0.001), group membership (p=0.001), extension contact (p<0.001), and programme awareness (p<0.001) serving as significant predictors (Nagelkerke R²=0.541).
  • Participants reported significantly higher scores than non-participants for agricultural productivity, adoption of improved technologies, and knowledge of modern farming techniques (t=9.88 to 14.41, p<0.001).
  • EFA identified five major constraint dimensions accounting for 71.97% of total variance (Cronbach's α = 0.808–0.894): socio-cultural/mobility, institutional/structural, economic/resource, literacy/information access, and time poverty/domestic burden.

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B. et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ec775b70b84ec8b913e2ehttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21903963
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