Influence of Information Sources on Farmers’ Knowledge of Livestock Drugs and Vaccines in Isin Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria

This research work was carried out to examine the influence of information sources on farmers’ knowledge of livestock drugs and vaccines in Isin Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria. This research was guided by the Health Belief Model (HBM). Four research questions and one hypothesis were raised to guide the study. Descriptive survey research design was employed. Study population comprised 110 livestock farmers in the LGA. Yamane Sampling formula was used to sample 86 farmers. Questionnaire titled “Influence of Information Sources on Farmers’ Knowledge of Livestock Drugs and Vaccines Questionnaire, (IISFKLDVQ, α = .812) was used for data collection. Data was analysed using frequency, percentages and Pearson product moment correlation. Results showed that majority of the farmers (56.8%) have good knowledge of livestock drugs and vaccines; major sources of information for farmers on livestock drugs and vaccines are researchers/consultants such as veterinary doctors (75.6%) followed by fellow farmers (70.9%) followed by internet (68.6%) and radio (61.2%), seminars/workshops (62.8%) and books (55.8%). It also showed that constraints to the accessibility of information on livestock drugs and vaccines include poor power supply (68.6%) followed by No/poor internet access (57.0%), lack of NGOs (54.7%) and lack of extension services (51.2%). Lastly, information sources such as researchers/consultants such as veterinary doctors (r = .324, p