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Level of satisfaction on agricultural information services
(Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University - South La Union Campus, 2016-03) Adriatico, Christian B.; Boado, Nimshi A.; Gali, Gladys F.; Laranang, Erika Jane G.
In this modern day of information technology, telecentres provide the rural farmers with prompt and reliable information about what is happening in areas of improved seedlings, better methods of cultivation and fertilizer application, pest and weed control/eradication, new advances in livestock production and disease control etc. Where rural farmers are not faced with constraints in accessing agricultural information, traditional media such as rural radio, has been used in delivering agricultural messages to rural farmers (Munyua, 2000). The lack of access to basic agricultural knowledge and information by rural farmers may be as a result of certain constraints has made these farmers to stick to their old traditional methods of farming system and animal husbandry practice, hence resulting in poor crop and livestock productivity. Information and knowledge are very vital in agricultural development of any community and where they are poorly disseminated as a result of certain constraints, the community's agricultural development becomes highly impeded. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the problems of the farmers when it comes to the information dissemination set by the Department of Agriculture.