PERCEIVED INFLUENCE OF DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION RESOURCES ON INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN BENUE STATE

This study investigated the perceived influence of dissemination of information resources on
indigenous knowledge for sustainable agricultural development in Benue State. Two research
objectives with corresponding research questions were raised and One hypotheses were
formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance for the study. The population of the study
comprises 123 professional and non-professional librarians in Joseph Sarwuan Tarka
University, Makurdi and Akperan Orshi College of Agriculture, Yandev in Benue State. The
research employed census sampling technique thereby sampling all the population since it was
small and could be relatively handled by the researcher. The instrument employed for data
collection was a self-structured questionnaire titled “Perceived Influence of Dissemination of
Information Resources on Indigenous Knowledge Questionnaire” (PIDIRIK). Data for the study
was collected with the help of research assistants who were staff of the libraries of the two
institutions sampled. Out of 123 respondents from the sampled institutions, only 115 were
available as at the time of administration of the instrument and responded to items on the
instrument. Data collected were analyzed using frequency, percentages, mean and standard
deviation to answer the research questions while the null hypotheses were tested using Chi-square. The findings of the study revealed that types of information resources and indigenous
knowledge significantly influence sustainable agricultural development in Benue State. The study
also revealed that methods of dissemination of information resources significantly influence
sustainable agricultural development in Benue State. Based on the findings of the study, the
researcher recommended that professional and non-professional librarians should incorporate
strategies of indigenous knowledge in dissemination of information resources for sustainable
agricultural development. the researcher also recommended that the use of agricultural shows,
agricultural demonstrations, ICT, agricultural seminars and other methods of dissemination of
information resources should be given to farmers periodically to ensure sustainable agricultural
development in Benue State. Among others.
Keywords: Perceived Influence, Dissemination, Information, Resources, Indigenous,
Knowledge, Sustainable, Agricultural Development, Benue State.

本研究旨在探讨信息资源传播对贝努埃州可持续农业发展中本土知识感知影响的研究。研究提出了两个具体的研究目标和相应的研究问题，并就一个假设在0.05的显著性水平下进行了验证。研究对象包括贝努埃州的约瑟夫·萨鲁万·塔卡大学和马库尔迪的阿克帕兰·奥什农业学院中的123名专业和非专业图书馆员。研究采用全面抽样技术，由于样本量较小，可以被研究者相对轻松地处理，因此对整个群体进行了抽样。数据收集使用的工具是一份自编问卷，名为“信息资源传播对本土知识感知影响问卷”（PIDIRIK）。数据收集得益于被抽样机构图书馆的员工作为研究助手。在123名受访者中，由于在问卷实施时只有115人可用并回答了问卷中的项目。收集到的数据通过频率、百分比、平均值和标准差进行分析，以回答研究问题，而零假设则通过卡方检验进行测试。研究发现，信息资源的类型和本土知识对贝努埃州可持续农业发展有显著影响。研究还发现，信息资源传播的方法对贝努埃州可持续农业发展有显著影响。基于研究发现的结论，研究者建议专业和非专业图书馆员应在信息资源传播中融入本土知识的策略，以促进可持续农业发展。此外，研究者还建议定期向农民提供农业展览、农业示范、信息通信技术、农业研讨会和其他信息资源传播方法，以确保贝努埃州可持续农业的发展。关键词：感知影响，传播，信息，资源，本土知识，可持续，农业发展，贝努埃州。