@article{S.D.Y.:287177,
      recid = {287177},
      author = {S. D. Y., Alfred  and Omololu, O. },
      title = {Value orientation issues affecting adoption behaviour of  food crop farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria},
      journal = {Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology},
      address = {2014-06},
      number = {2202-2019-826},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {The study investigated value orientation issues that  affect the adoption behaviour of food crop farmers in Ondo  state, Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to  identify 120 respondents used for the study. Data for the  study was collected using an interview schedule and  analyzed using chi-square and Pearson Product Moment  Correlation. Value orientation was measured using the  Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ) scale. The study showed  value orientations to be an issue or concept that affects  not only agricultural adoption, but which if understood can  serve as a tool for the prediction of behaviour among  farmers and individuals in society. The results showed that  socio-economic characteristics of respondents had a  significant relationship with their value orientations and  value orientations of the respondents also had a  significant relationship with their adoption of  agricultural technologies. The predominant value  orientations of rural farmers of Ondo state were harmony  with nature for man-nature orientation (44.2%), good and  evil for human-nature orientation (52.5%), present (40%)  closely followed by past (37.5%) for time orientation,  collateral for relational orientation (59.2%), and  being-in-becoming for activity orientation(37.5%). The  percentage average rate of adoption of agricultural  technologies studied was (48.7%). The effects of value  orientations on adoption of agricultural technologies were  noticed in only five of the technologies tested, and were  shown to be negative and significant. The affected  technologies included: pest control in food crop farm, use  of herbicides, insecticides and fungicides, improved  fertilizer application methods, row spacing and the use of  harvesters. Implications are that further studies by  agricultural extension personnel, on value orientations as  a tool for predicting or influencing adoption level of  farmers, as well as other behaviours will enhance their  productivity and effectiveness. Government through the  Agricultural Development Project can also run studies to  profile regions and states according to value orientations.  This will aid in the value re-orientation activities of  several development efforts in the country.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/287177},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.287177},
}