ANALYSIS OF ACCESSING RESEARCH FUNDS FOR GENERATING AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES IN UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA

The study evaluated funding research on generating agricultural technologies in University of Ibadan Oyo State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study described the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents in the study area, identify the benefits associated with use of agricultural technologies generated, identify the constraints hindering agricultural technology generating practice, and examine the sources of funding researchers generating agricultural technologies. Eighty-five (85) respondents were selected for the study. Statistics such as frequency table, percentage and mean were used to analyze the data while Pearson Correlation was used to establish relationship between selected variables. There is positive and significant relationship between age (r = 0.375, P = 0.000), years spent in schooling (r = 0.405, P = 0.000), working experience (r= 0.535, P = 0.218) and level of accessing research funds on generating agricultural technologies. The study therefore recommended that Agricultural University researchers should seek funds from wider range research funding bodies to help alleviate the drain on researcher’s personal funds.