Attitude of Rural Dwellers to the Use of Ethno-Medicinal Practices (EMPs) in Osun State, Nigeria
The use of EMPs among rural dwellers cannot be overemphasized. People use Ethno-Medicinal Practices (EMPs) in their quest for good health, which is basic to economic productivity. The study determined the attitude of rural dwellers with a view to describing respondents’ perceived relative advantage...
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The Faculty of Agriculture Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
2017
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| Online Erişim: | https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/28 |
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| Özet: | The use of EMPs among rural dwellers cannot be overemphasized. People use Ethno-Medicinal Practices (EMPs) in their quest for good health, which is basic to economic productivity. The study determined the attitude of rural dwellers with a view to describing respondents’ perceived relative advantage of EMPs over the orthodox alternative. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 270 respondents from 27 farming communities in 9 Local Government Areas of the state. Structured interview schedule, Focus Group Discussion (FGD) sessions and Key Informant Interviews (KII) were appropriately used for data collection. Suitable descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Results showed that majority (78.90%) of the respondents were male with a mean age of 51.8 years ±14.1, average farm size was 3.14 hectares ± 1.5 with majority being poorly educated. Majority (90%) of the respondents had positive predisposition to EMPs. Ease of meeting herbal experts (99.6%), ease of communicating knowledge of herbal preparations (99.3%), low cost of herbal preparations (98.9%), availability of needed herbs (98.5%), and root cure effect (complete removal of the ailment cause and not just its symptoms or effects) of herbal preparations (98.1%) were some of the respondents’ perceived relative advantages of EMPs over the Orthodox alternatives. Findings from FGDs and KII consolidated the qualitative data and exposed the preventive and curative dimensions of EMPs. Results further showed that respondents’ had high attitude to EMPs which showed a significant relationship with their use of EMPs at (p < 0.05). Thus, EMP has notably contributed to the enduring livelihood of rural dwellers and it should be properly recognized and promoted. |
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