FACTORS INFLUENCING ROLE PERFORMANCE OF STAKEHOLDERS ON CASSAVA RESEARCH OUTPUT UPTAKE IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study determined the factors influencing the role performance of stakeholders in cassava research output uptake in Oyo State, Nigeria. It specifically described the cassava stakeholders’ characteristics, determined the performed roles of stakeholders and identified factors influencing their effective role performance towards cassava research output uptake. Multistage sampling procedure was employed to select respondents. Stakeholders were purposively selected along the cassava value chain. 40 % of the stakeholders were proportionately selected based on the sampled population in the State to make a total of 325 respondents. Data collected were analysed with appropriate descriptive and inferential statistics. The mean age of the stakeholders along the cassava value chain was 50.04±5.1 years and mean years of experience was 16.76±4 years. All the cassava stakeholders had at least 50 % of their expected roles been performed above their grand mean score. There exists a positive and significant relationship between the role performance of stakeholders and motivational factors available to them during the course of cassava research output transfer and 5iits uptake by intended users (r=0.552). In conclusion, personal experience, socio-economic, motivations and production demand driven were common factors found to be influencing the effective role performance of stakeholders towards cassava research output uptake.