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Table 1: Socio-economic characteristics of the respondents b) Level of respondents’ awareness of ICTs The result revealed that mobile phone has the highest mean score of 3.75 indicating that the arable farmers are aware of mobile phone. Radio had a mean score of 3.59, followed by Television (3.41), Internet (2.59) and Video recorder (2.57) which implies that the respondents were aware of the radio, television, internet and video recorder as an ICT tools respectively with a grand mean of 2.75. This finding agrees with the findings of Nnenna (2013) that the farmers were aware of phone, radio and television. Table 2: Level of respondents’ awareness of ICTs Socio-economic Variables Frequency Percentages Mean Age (years) ≤ 30 10 4.2 47 31 – 40 32 13.3 41 – 50 64 26.7 51 – 60 60 25.0 ≥ 61 74 30.8 Gender Male 160 66.7 Female 80 33.3 Marital Status Single 12 5.0 Married 176 73.3 Divorced 30 12.5 Widowed 22 9.2 Household size (persons) ≤ 3 40 16.7 5 4-6 142 59.2 7-9 54 22.5 >9 4 1.7 Educational level No Formal Education 30 12.5 Primary Education 56 23.3 Secondary Education 70 29.2 Tertiary Education 84 35.0 Farming Experience (years) ≤ 10 18 7.5 23 11-20 86 35.8 21-30 54 22.5 31-40 52 21.7 ≥ 41 30 12.5 Contact with extension agents Contact 67 55.8 No contact 53 44.2 Source: Field Survey, 2021 ICTs Very much aware Much aware Aware Not aware Mean Mobile Telephone 206(85.8) 20(8.3) 4(1.7) 10(4.2) 3.75 Radio 168(70.0) 52(21.7) 14(5.8) 6(2.5) 3.59 Television 130(54.2) 84(25.0) 20(8.3) 6(2.5) 3.41 Video recorder 22(9.2) 110(45.8) 92(38.3) 16(6.7) 2.57 Projector 18(7.5) 82(34.2) 78(32.5) 62(25.8) 2.23 Telegram 12(5.0) 52(21.7) 80(33.3) 96(40.0) 1.91 Computer 40(16.7) 58(24.2) 78(32.5) 64(26.7) 2.31 Internet 42(17.5) 90(37.5) 76(31.7) 32(13.3) 2.59 Print media 38(15.8) 66(27.5) 86(35.8) 50(20.8) 2.36 Percentages are in parenthesis Grand mean = 2.75 Source: Field Survey, 2021 The use of Information and Communication Technologies among Farmers in Ekiti State, Nigeria 1 Year 2022 29 © 2022 Global Journals Global Journal of Science Frontier Research Volume XXII Issue ersion I VI ( D )