Behavioural Model On The Adoption Of Ict In The E-wallet Programme For Farmers By The Federal Government

ABSTRACT

This study assesses the effectiveness of the usages of mobile phones based innovation in the e-wallet programme-powered by the Growth Enhancement Support Schema which was designed by the Nigeria Government to facilitate aid improve farmers' prompt access to agricultural information and input services using Abia state as a case study. One hundred and forty farmers were randomly selected in this study. Majority of the respondents were 55.3% male with farming experience of at least 15-20 years. Benefits of the program included quick accessibility of improved and subsidized inputs, increased production . The shortcomings of the program, however, include low level of awareness, telephony network failure, low density coverage of agro-dealers and supply of fertilizer and other agricultural inputs. To enhance farmers' productive capacity, the study recommends a c-wallet awareness campaign, improvement of rural telephony networking for improved interconnectivity and the scaling up of the quantity of input supply by government to accelerate and increase the production cap city of the farmers.