Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology (NJRS), 16( 4): , 2016

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION STUDENTS? PERCEPTION OF CAREER PROSPECTS IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT BROADCASTING

Badiru I. O., Aboluwarin T. O., Adejumo A. A.

Abstract

broadcasters. Hence, the study examined agricultural extension students? perception on career prospects in rural development broadcasting. The study was carried out in the University of Ibadan, Oyo state. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a total of 170 respondents. Data were collected with the aid of structured questionnaire. Data analysis was done using chi-square and Pearson?s Product Moment Correlation. The results showed that most of the respondents were male (51.8%), single (60.0%) with an average age of 32 years. Poor funding of agriculture by government (x=1.64), inadequate sponsorship in agricultural broadcasting (x=


Keywords: Career prospects, rural development broadcasting, agricultural extension students


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