Assessment of Agricultural Practical Year Training Programmes of Nigeria Universities in The South Western States

Abstract

Southwest, Nigeria. Two hundred and twelve students (212) were randomly selected from three stratified universities based on types I, II and III. Chi-square, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Analysis of Variance were used in analyzing the data. The results showed that majority of the students were within the age range of 24-25 years (31.6%) with a mean age of 25 years. More than half of the students (58.5%) were males. Most of the students were involved in crop and animal production activities (98.1%) and (93.4%) respectively. Students reported inadequate transport facilities, lack of storage facilities, poor funding of the programme and inadequate farm equipment as some of the problems faced during the programme. However, most (58.5%) of the respondents agreed that the programme is effective. There was no significant relationship between students' assessment of practical year training programme and age, sex ( 2=2.97, p>O.05) and marital status ( 2=0.20, p>O.05). There was a significant difference in students' assessment of the programme across the selected universities for livestock production (F=4.01, p<0.05), marketing activities (F=14.51, p<0.05), processing activities (F=16.86, p<0.05), extension services (F=9.91, p<0.05), but there was no significant difference for crop production (F=0.54, p>0.05).