Farmers’ Educational Level and Attainment of Sustainable Development Goal Two in Cross River State, Nigeria
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This study focused on farmers’ educational level and attainment of sustainable development goal two in Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve the purpose of this study, a null hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. A review of related literature was carried out based on the variable of this study. The survey research design was considered useful for the study. Multi-stage sampling approach involving stratified sampling, simple random sampling, and systematic random sampling techniques were used in the study to select 900 subjects used as sample in each ward in the research area. A twenty-item modified four (4) points Likert scale questionnaire titled Farmers’ income and Attainment of Sustainable Development Goal 2 Questionnaire (FIASDGQ) was used for gathering data for the study. The hypothesis formulated was tested at 0.05 alpha level. To test the hypotheses formulated for the study, One Way Analysis Of Variance (ANOVA) statistical tool was used for data analysis. The results from data analysis and hypothesis testing indicated that there is a significant influence of farmers’ educational level on the attainment of sustainable development goal two in the study area. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that farmers should be trained and educated on modern farming techniques and innovations through agricultural extension workers.
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