@article{Badiru:287490,
      recid = {287490},
      author = {Badiru, I. O. and Aboluwarin, T. O. and Adejumo, A. A.},
      title = {Agricultural extension students' perception of career  prospects in rural development broadcasting},
      journal = {Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology},
      address = {2016},
      number = {2202-2019-1117},
      year = {2016},
      abstract = {Rural development broadcasting is crucial in the  dissemination of improved technology and sustained  livelihood among rural dwellers. Agricultural extension  students are positioned to become future rural development  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 = 1.58), uncertainty of job  availability in rural broadcasting (x =1.56) and poor  awareness on career prospects in rural development  broadcasting (x = 1.54) were major constraints to students  taking up career prospects in rural development  broadcasting. Most (55.0%) of the respondents had  favourable disposition towards career prospects in rural  development broadcasting. Respondents’ age (r=-0.342, p ≤  0.05), membership of campus press organisations (χ2=0.650,  p≤ 0.05) and constraints to career prospects in rural  development broadcasting (r=-0.238, p≤ 0.05) were  significantly related to students’ perception of career  prospects in rural development broadcasting. Efforts should  be made by various stakeholders in increasing the awareness  of students on the career prospects of rural development  broadcasting.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/287490},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.287490},
}