Table 2 Distribution of farmers with respect to exposure to agricultural smartphone apps and use
Variables | Oyo | Osun | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treated households (N = 65) | Non-treated households within programme areas (N = 85) | Control households (N = 60) | Total sample (N = 2l0) | Treated households (N = 50) | Non-treated households within programme areas (N = 70) | Control households (N = 50) | Total sample (N = 170) | |
Without considering or not they are exposed to agricultural smartphone apps | ||||||||
 Have used at least one of the agricultural smartphone apps between 20l9 and 2022 (%) | 100.00 | 43.23 | 5.48 | 53.19 | l00.00 | 58.37 | 1.13 | 54.91 |
 Used agricultural smartphone apps in 2021 (%) | 93.17 | 37.34 | 3.26 | 46.29 | 96.33 | 42.56 | 0.46 | 49.35 |
 Used agricultural smartphone apps in 2020 (%) | 85.29 | 32.41 | l.21 | 41.72 | 87.29 | 27.38 | 1.14 | 41.27 |
 Used agricultural smartphone apps in 20l9 (%) | 64.27 | 25.29 | 1.11 | 36.43 | 71.l9 | l3.33 | 0.72 | 32.62 |
 Exposure to agricultural smartphone apps (%) | 100.00 | 51.23 | 12.17 | 57.38 | l00.00 | 47.49 | 21.34 | 59.78 |
Learnt about agricultural smartphone apps from (%) | ||||||||
 Internet | 32.41 | 5.46 | 0.00 | 21.53 | l5.20 | l2.38 | 0.00 | 9.32 |
 Television | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
 Radio | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.l5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.64 |
 Cooperative Association | 3.98 | 49.61 | 83.ll | 38.l9 | 4.25 | 56.25 | 0.00 | 27.31 |
 Agricultural smartphone app sensitization and training programme | 44.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 24.22 | 58.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 37.19 |
 Other farmers | 7.22 | 44.93 | l6.89 | 27.10 | 5.17 | 29.27 | 78.43 | 28.94 |
 Agricultural development programs (ADP) | 12.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.34 | 8.86 | 2.10 | 21.57 | 18.39 |
Taking into account exposure to agricultural smartphone apps (%) | ||||||||
 Have used agricultural smartphone apps at least once | l00.00 | 65.57 | 16.23 | 78.35 | 100.00 | 62.47 | 18.45 | 79.46 |
 Have used agricultural smartphone apps in 2022 | l00.00 | 57.38 | 14.27 | 66.46 | 100.00 | 59.24 | 16.35 | 67.18 |
 Have used agricultural smartphone apps in 2021 | l00.00 | 24.59 | 11.30 | 45.73 | 100.00 | 42.43 | 10.46 | 52.17 |
 Have used agricultural smartphone apps in 2020 | 84.67 | 13.35 | 6.45 | 56.36 | 93.46 | 26.75 | 8.46 | 51.38 |
 Have used agricultural smartphone apps in 20l9 | 68.34 | 8.35 | 1.24 | 23.36 | 56.28 | 9.46 | 2.35 | 26.66 |