Title: Information Technology Literacy as Determinants of ICT Adoption by Cocoa Farmers in Ondo State Nigeria
Author(s): Awoyemi Robert Akinade, Akinlubi Sunday Isaac, Ogundureni Sandra Olasunkanmi
Publication Year: 2020; Volume 15, Issue 2, pages 20-35

Information Communication Technology ICT plays significant role in agricultural development by making information available at a cost-effective rate providing access to global best practices and enhancing productivity. However observation has shown that Nigerian farmers exhibit low level of ICT adoption and use particularly in Ondo State. This is possibly due to farmers level of Information Technology Literacy ITL Hence this study investigated Information Technology Literacy as determinant of ICT adoption and use by cocoa farmers in Ondo State. This study adopted the survey research design. The population of the study consisted of 1478 cocoa farmers in Ondo State. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select 443 cocoa farmers for the study. A self-structured validated and reliable questionnaire was used for data collection with a response rate of 91.65. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics Pearson correlation and regression. The study concluded that information technology literacy influenced ICT adoption by cocoa farmers in Ondo State Nigeria. It was therefore recommended that the government through her agencies in collaboration with cocoa farmers association should deploy the use of ICT such as radio and mobile phone in services delivery to the farmers especially in the areas of information dissemination and to organize trainingseminars on ICT use for farmers to improve ICT adoption by cocoa farmers in Ondo State Nigeria.