Abstract

This study investigated the utilisation of Access to Global On-line Research in Agriculture (AGORA) by final year undergraduate students of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Ibadan. A total of 140 respondents were selected from the eight departments in the faculty using simple random sampling technique. Data collection was done using a structured questionnaire and the data were analysed using both descriptive (frequency, percentage, means) and inferential statistics (Chi-square and PPMC) at P=0.05. The results revealed that 52.1% of the respondents were female, 90% were single, 97.1% were computer literate and the mean age of the respondents was 24 years. About 67.1% had high level of awareness on AGORA. Constraints to the use of AGORA identified included irregular power supply (64.3%), limited access to AGORA password (52.8%), and lack of awareness (49.3%). Significant relationship existed between level of awareness and use of AGORA (r= 0.334; p = 0.05). There was no significant relationship between constraint and utilisation of AGORA (?2 = 3.334; p > 0.05). Hence, there is a need for increased publicity in order to encourage attitudinal change and improve the utilisation of AGORA by the students.

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