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Itasanmi, Sunday A.; Tosin E., Jegede – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2019
This study assessed the environmental knowledge, attitude and behaviour among market women in the Nigerian city of Ibadan, Oyo State. A quantitative research design was adopted and 403 market women were randomly selected from different markets in Ibadan. Questionnaire items adapted from Fah and Sirisena (2014) and Abdullahi and Tuna (2014) were…
Descriptors: Females, Knowledge Level, Environment, Foreign Countries
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Nwachukwu, M. A.; Okoro, Uwaezu; Ntesat, Brownson; Nwachukwu, Ijeoma M. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2014
Human activities such as inequitable and unsustainable production and consumption of earth resources cause "environmental problems." There is need to develop research and innovative techniques towards public understanding of these environmental problems and sustainable development. This paper contains the first edition of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Holistic Approach, Sustainable Development
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Junge, B.; Deji, O.; Abaidoo, R.; Chikoye, D.; Stahr, K. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2009
The main objective of this study was to determine the attitude of farmers towards erosion and the adoption of appropriate soil conservation technologies (SCTs). For the survey, farmers were selected from the communities Esa Oke, Elwure and Owode-Ede and Akoda in Osun State in Nigeria. In the first three communities farmers did receive training on…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Conservation (Environment), Agricultural Production, Soil Science
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Damisa, M. A.; Igonoh, E. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2007
The relationship between technology adoption and farmers' socio-economic characteristics can never be over emphasized. This study tests the determinants of technology adoption by women farmers. The result from the Logit analysis of data from Unguwan-Madaki showed that the socio-economic characteristics of women farmers significantly affect their…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Agricultural Occupations, Socioeconomic Status
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Erakhrumen, Andrew Agbontalor – Educational Research and Reviews, 2007
The problem of environmental pollution has assumed an unprecedented proportion in many parts of the world especially in Nigeria and its Niger-Delta region in particular. This region is bedeviled with this problem perhaps owing to interplay of demographic and socio-economic forces coupled with the various activities that revolve round the…
Descriptors: Pollution, Soil Science, Water Pollution, Developing Nations